ut-√ kṛṣ (ud-√ kṛṣ) P. sometimes Ā. -karṣati, -te, to draw or drag or pull up; to raise; to draw or take out; to extract; to pull or put off, [MāṇḍUp.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Suśr.]; [R.] &c.; to put off, delay, [Nyāyam.]; to bend (a bow); to tear asunder: Caus. -karṣayati, to elevate, raise, increase, [Sāh.] : Pass. -kṛṣyate, to be lifted or drawn up; to be raised, rise, become powerful, become eminent, [MBh.] &c. (cf. ut-kṛṣṭa).