vi-√ 1. kṛ P. Ā. -karoti, -kurute, to make different, transform, change the shape (or the mind), cause to alter or change (esp. for the worse), deprave, pervert, spoil, impair, [RV.] &c. &c.; (Pass. and Ā., rarely P.) to become different, be altered, change one's state or opinions, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 35]); to develop, produce (esp. variously), [RV.]; [MBh.]; to embellish, decorate (in various manners), [MBh.]; to distribute, divide, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to destroy, annihilate, [RV.]; [MBh.]; to represent, fill the place of (acc.), [KātyŚr.], Sch.; (Ā.; cf. above) to move to and fro, wave, shake (hands or feet), [R.]; [Suśr.]; to be or become restless (with netrābhyām, ‘to roll the eyes’), [Suśr.]; to utter (sounds), [Pāṇ. i, 3, 34]; to become unfaithful to (loc.), [Mn. ix, 15]; to act in a hostile or unfriendly way towards (gen. or loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to contend together, [AV.]; [MBh.]; to act in various ways, [Bhaṭṭ.]; Pass. -kriyate, to be changed &c. (cf. above) : Caus. -kārayati, to cause to change or be changed, [Hit.]