क्रूर [krūra] a. a. [कृत-रक् धातोः क्रूः;
[Uṇ.2.21] ]
Cruel, wicked, hard-hearted, pitiless; तस्याभिषेकसंभारं कल्पितं क्रूरनिश्चया
[R.12.4;] [Me.17;] [Ms.1.9;] तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्
[Bg.16.] 19.
Hard, rough.
Formidable, terrible, fierce, ferocious, savage.
Destructive, mischievous.
Wounded, hurt.
Bloody.
Raw.
Strong.
Inauspicious (as opposed to सौम्य and अक्रूर; said of 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th signs of the zodiac which are supposed to have a malignant influence.)
Hard, solid, hardened;
[Ś.2.4.] Hot; disagreeable, sharp;
[Ms.2.33.] Harsh, jarring; क्रूरक्वणत्कङ्कणानि
[Mv.1.35.] -रः, -रम् Boiled rice.
रः A hawk.
heron.
An uneven sign of the zodiac.
N. N. of a planet (Rāhu or Saturn).
A kind of horse; तद्वद्वामाश्रयाः क्रूरः प्रकरोति धनक्षयम्
[Śālihotra 15.] रम् A wound.
Slaughter, cruelty.
Any horrible deed.
Any frightful appearance. -ind. In a formidable manner;
[Mb.3.] -Comp.
-आकृति a. a. terrible in form (-तिः) epithet of Rāvaṇa.
-आचारः a. a. following cruel or savage practices;
[Ms.4.246.] -आत्मन् the planet Saturn.
-आशय a.
containing fierce animals (as a river).
of a cruel disposition.
-कर्मन् n. n.
a bloody act.
any hard labour. -a. doing a bloody act; अहं क्रूरकर्मा जात्या चाण्डालः
[K.] -कर्मकृत् m. m. a rapacious animal;
[Ms.12.58.] -कृत् a. a. fierce, cruel, unrelenting;
-कोष्ठ a. a. having costive bowels (unaffected by strong purgatives).
-गन्ध sulphur.
-चरित, -चेष्ठितa. cruel, ferocious.
evil-eyed, having a malignant look;
[Ks.62.27.] mischievous, villainous. (-m.) N. of Saturn; also of Mars.
-राविन् m. m. a raven
-लोचनः an epithet of the planet Saturn.