cl. 1. P. krī́ḍati (or krī́ḻati, [RV.]; ep. also Ā.; perf. cikrīḍa, [MBh.]; fut. p. krīḍiṣyat, [BhP. iii, 17, 24] ; aor. akrīḍīt, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to play, sport, amuse one's self, frolic, gambol, dally (used of men, animals, the wind and waves, &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] &c.; to jest, joke with (instr. or instr. with saha or sārdham; once acc. [Mṛcch.]), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. krīḍayati, to cause to play, allow to play, [MBh. i, 6440]; [iv, 329]; [BhP.]