| Word (IAST) | Word (Devanagari) | Overview | |
|---|---|---|---|
| kīrin | कीरिन् | kīrín mfn. praising, [RV. v, 4, 10] and [40, 8] | |
| kīrín (ī́), m. a praiser, [RV. i, 100, 9]; [v, 52, 12.] | |||
| (accord. to some the base is always kīrí, and the meaning is ‘humble, poor, miserable, wretched, a miser’ [cf. karuṇa], except [RV. v, 52, 12], where kīrín = ‘shouting, singing’). | |||