Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“inauspicious”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“inauspicious”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
क्रूर · krūr · adj.
(f. -ā), Wounded, hurt; of concern; sore; raw — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 829
क्रूर
cruel, brutal, inhumane; harsh, severe, ruthless
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi क्रूर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit क्रूर (krūra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
krūra mf(ā)n. (fr. kravi-s cf. sthūra and sthavira), wounded, hurt, sore, ŚBr.
‘bloody, raw’, cruel, fierce, ferocious, pitiless, harsh, formidable, AV.; TS. vi; Mn. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘bloody, raw’, cruel, fierce, ferocious, pitiless, harsh, formidable, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "krūra" is the vocative of "krūrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
krūra mf(ā)n. (fr. kravi-s cf. sthūra and sthavira), wounded, hurt, sore, ŚBr.
‘bloody, raw’, cruel, fierce, ferocious, pitiless, harsh, formidable, AV.; TS. vi; Mn. &c.
inauspicious (as opposed to saumya and a-krūra, said of the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh signs of the zodiac, which are supposed to have a malignant influence, Jyot.; said of planets, VarBṛS.)
hard, solid, Suśr.; Śak.; Pañcat.
strong (as a bow, opposed to manda), Nār.
krūrā (ā), f. a variety of Punarnavā with red blossoms, L.
Alternative readings
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