kṛś कृश् cl. 4. P. kṛ́śyati (perf. cakárśa; ind.p. kṛśitvā or karś°, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 25]), to become lean or thin, become emaciated or feeble, [AV. xii, 3, 16]; [ŚBr. xi]; to cause (the moon) to wane, [Dhātup. xxvi, 117] : Caus. karśayati, to make thin or lean, attenuate, emaciate, keep short of food, [Āp.]; [Bhag.]; [Suśr.] &c.; to lessen, diminish, [Kāvyād. ii, 109]; [cf. perhaps Lat. parco, parcus.] kṛśī कृशी kṛśī́ (ī), f. g. gaurādi ([ib.] [45]) ind. in comp. for °śá. kṛśa कृश kṛśá mf(A)n. ([Pāṇ. viii, 2, 55]) lean, emaciated, thin, spare, weak, feeble, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. small, little, minute, insignificant, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Mṛcch.] &c. ‘poor’, see kṛśī-kṛta kṛśá (as), m. a kind of fish, [Gal.] a kind of bird, [Inscr.] N. of a Ṛṣi (author of [RV. viii, 55]), [viii, 54, 2] and [59, 3]; [x, 40, 8]; [MBh. i], [xiii] N. of Sāṃkṛtyāyana, [Car. i, 12] of Nāga, [MBh. i, 2152] (pl.) the descendants of Kṛśa g. yaskādi ([Gaṇar. 27]) [cf. κολοσσός. fr. κολοκϳός] kṛśāśa कृशाश mfn. having little hope, [Naiṣ. vi, 76.] kṛśāku कृशाकु m. heating, [W.] grieving, [W.] kṛśānu कृशानु kṛśā́nu m. (fr. √ kṛś for kṛṣ?), ‘bending the bow’, N. applied to a good archer (connected with ástṛ, ‘an archer’, though sometimes used alone; Kṛśānu, according to some, is a divine being, in character like Rudra or identified with him; armed with the lightning he defends the ‘heavenly’ Soma from the hawk, who tries to steal and bear it from heaven to earth), [RV.]; [VS. iv, 27]; [AitBr. iii, 26] N. of Agni or fire, [VS. v, 32]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. vi, 12, 3] (hence) fire, [Suśr.]; [Ragh.]; [Kum.]; [Bhartṛ.] N. of Viṣṇu, [VarBṛS. xliii, 54] of a Gandharva Plumbago Zeylanica, [L.] kṛśībhū कृशीभू kṛśī—√ bhū to become lean or emaciated, [Hcat.]; to become small, shrink. kṛśīkṛ कृशीकृ kṛśī—√ kṛ to make lean, [Kathās.] kṛśagu कृशगु kṛśá—gu (°śá-), mfn. id., [AV. iv, 15, 6.] kṛśaka कृशक mfn. thin, slender kṛśalā कृशला f. the hair of the head, [L.] kṛśana कृशन m. the beating of the pulse, pulsation, [Gobh. ii, 10, 30.] kṛ́śana n. a pearl, mother-of-pearl, [RV. i, 35, 4] and [x, 68, 11]; [AV. iv, 10, 7] gold, [Naigh. i, 2] form, shape, [ib.] [iii, 7] kṛ́śana mfn. yielding or containing pearls, [AV. iv, 10, 1] and [3] (cf. [Kauś. 58]) (cf. ūrdhvá-k°.) kṛśara कृशर for kṛsara, q.v. kṛśatā कृशता kṛśa—tā f. leanness, thinness, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Sāh.] kṛśikā कृशिका f. the plant Salvinia cucullata, [L.] (cf. kārśakeya.) kṛśita कृशित mfn. emaciated, [AitBr. ii, 3.] kṛśāṅgī कृशाङ्गी f. a woman with slender shape the plant Priyaṅgu, [L.] N. of an Apsaras, [VP.] kṛśāṅga कृशाङ्ग mf(I)n. ‘thin-bodied’, emaciate, spare, thin, [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] &c. m. N. of Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10365] kṛśāśva कृशाश्व mfn. having lean horses, [Subh.] m. (= Zd. keresâspa), N. of several persons, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. of an author of directions to players and dancers, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 111.] kṛśākṣa कृशाक्ष m. ‘small-eyed’, a spider, [W.] kṛśārtha कृशार्थ mfn. = °śa-dhana, [ib.] kṛśanin कृशनिन् kṛśanín mfn. = °nā́-vat, [RV. vii, 18, 23.] kṛśatva कृशत्व kṛśa—tva n. id., [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.] kṛśāśvin कृशाश्विन् m. pl. the pupils of Kṛśāśva, [ib.] (cf. [iv, 2, 66]) m. a dancer, actor, [L.] kṛśāluka कृशालुक mfn. leanish, [Divyāv. xxxvii.] kṛśānuga कृशानुग kṛśānu—ga m. Naravelia zeylanica, [Npr.] kṛśānuka कृशानुक or kṛśānavaka [[Gaṇar. 436], Sch.], mfn. containing the word Kṛśānu g. goṣad-ādi. kṛśātithi कृशातिथि mfn. one who keeps his guests short of food, [MBh. xii, 228.] kṛśīkṛta कृशीकृत kṛśī—kṛta mfn. made lean, [ib.] made poor, [Mṛcch.] kṛśadhana कृशधन kṛśa—dhana mfn. having little property, poor, [Bhartṛ. ii, 61.] kṛśaśākha कृशशाख kṛśa—śākha m. ‘small-twigged’, Hedyotis Burmanniana, [L.] kṛśagava कृशगव kṛśa—gava mfn. one who has lean cattle, [MBh. xii, 228.] kṛśakūṭa कृशकूट kṛśa—kūṭa m. a kind of bird, [Gal.] kṛśanāśa कृशनाश kṛśa—nāśa for -nāsa, [MBh. xii, 10365.] kṛśanāsa कृशनास kṛśa—nāsa m. ‘having a thin nose’, N. of Śiva, [MBh. xii, 284, 91.] kṛśapaśu कृशपशु kṛśá—paśu (°śá-), mfn. performed with lean victims, [ŚBr. xi.] kṛśodara कृशोदर mf(I)n. thin-waisted, [Daś.]; [Kād.]; [Viddh.] kṛśabhṛtya कृशभृत्य kṛśa—bhṛtya mfn. one who feeds his servants scantily, [MBh. xii, 228.] kṛśabuddhi कृशबुद्धि kṛśa—buddhi mfn. weak-minded, [Subh.] kṛśacañcu कृशचञ्चु kṛśa—cañcu m. ‘having a thin beak’, a heron, [Gal.] kṛśanāvat कृशनावत् kṛśanā́-vat mfn. decorated with pearls, [RV. i, 126, 4.] kṛśavṛtti कृशवृत्ति kṛśa—vṛtti mfn. having little livelihood, [MBh. xiii, 3180]; [R.]; [MārkP.] kṛśānavaka कृशानवक See °nuka. kṛśānuka or [[Gaṇar. 436], Sch.], mfn. containing the word Kṛśānu g. goṣad-ādi. kṛśānuretas कृशानुरेतस् kṛśānu—retas m. ‘whose semen virile is fire’, N. of Śiva, [L.] kṛśānuśakala कृशानुशकल kṛśānu-śakala m. a spark of fire, [Śiś.]