cl. 1. P. kárṣati, rarely Ā. °te (perf. cakarṣa, 2. sg. °ṣitha, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 62], [Kāś.]; fut. karkṣyati or krakṣy°; kṛṣiṣy°, [Divyāv. xvii]; karṣṭā or kraṣṭā, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 10], [Kāś.]; aor. akṛkṣat [or akārkṣīt] or akrākṣīt, [iii, 1, 44], Vārtt. 7; inf. kraṣṭum), to draw, draw to one's self, drag, pull, drag away, tear, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to lead or conduct (as an army), [MBh.]; to bend (a bow), [Ragh. v, 50]; to draw into one's power, become master of, overpower, [Mn. ii, 215]; [MBh. iv, 20]; [R.]; [Pañcat.]; to obtain, [Mn. iii, 66]; to take away anything (acc.) from any one (acc.), [Vop. v, 8]; to draw or make furrows, plough, [RV. viii, 22, 6]; [Lāṭy. v, 1, 4]; [Vait.] (Ā.), [R. iii, 4, 12]; [BhP.] (ind.p. kṛṣṭvā) : cl. 6. P. Ā. kṛṣáti, °te (p. kṛṣát), to draw or make furrows, plough, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; Ā. to obtain by ploughing, [AV. xii, 2, 16]; to travel over, [MBh. iii, 16021] : Caus. karṣayati, to draw, drag, [RV. x, 119, 11] (aor. 1. sg. acikṛṣam), [R.]; [Mṛcch.]; to draw or tear out, [MBh. iii, 2307]; to pull to and fro, cause pain, torture, torment, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; ‘to plough’, see karṣita: Intens. (pr. p. and Subj. 3. sg. cárkṛṣat; impf. 3. pl. acarkṛṣur) to plough, [RV.]; [AV.]; carīkṛṣyate or Ved. karīk°, to plough repeatedly, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 64];
[cf. Lith. karszu, pleszau; Russ. česhu; Lat. verro, vello; Goth. falh.]
mfn. See kaṃsa-k°.