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.]