क्रव्याद

{ kravyāda (s) }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KRAVYĀDA (S)   A particular group of the Manes or the deified ancestors that receive the souls of the deceased. Mention is made about the Kravyādas in [Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 269, Stanza 15] .

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   kravyāda a S Carnivorous.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 a   Carnivorous.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 वि.  १ हिरवें मांस खाणारे ( वाघ , सिंह इ० )

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

क्रव्याद  mfn.  mf( आ)n. ( [Pāṇ. 3-2, 69]; [Kāś.]) consuming flesh or corpses (as अग्नि), [MBh. i, 932]; [Gṛhyās. i, 11]; [Tithyād.]
क्रव्याद  m.  m. a carnivorous animal, beast of prey, [MBh. i, 115, 24]
   a lion, [L.]
   a hawk, [L.]
   a goblin, राक्षस, [W.]
   the fire of the funeral pile, [W.]
    N. of a metallic substance, [Bhpr. iv, 30]
क्रव्याद  m.  m. pl. N. of a class of Manes, [VP.]
क्रव्याद  m.  m. of a people, [VarBṛS. xiv, 18] ( v.l. °व्या-ख्य).

Shabda-Sagara

क्रव्याद  mfn.  ( -दः-दा-दं) An eater of flesh or meat, carnivorus.
  m.  ( -दः)
   1. A goblin, a Rakshasa.
   2. A lion.
   3. A hawk. Funeral fire.
    E. See the preceding.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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