As a deity name
Name 679 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 787 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Nom. Ā. ˚yate (Pot. ˚yīta), to mourn, grieve, lament, to have pity, P. ˚yati, to praise (cf. kṛpaṇyu)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kṛpāya" is the dative of "kṛpa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kṛpāya Nom. Ā. ˚yate (Pot. ˚yīta), to mourn, grieve, lament, Nir. ii, 12; to have pity, MBh. : P. ˚yati, to praise (cf. kṛpaṇyu), Naigh. iii, 14.
kṛpa m. N. of a man (described as a friend of Indra), RV. viii, 3, 12 and 4, 2
kṛpa mf(ī). N. of the son and daughter of the sage Śaradvat (who performed severe penance; the jealous Indra therefore sent a nymph to tempt him, but without success; however, twin sons were born to the sage in a clump of grass [śara-stambe], who were found by king Śāntanu and out of pity [kṛpā] taken home and reared; the daughter, Kṛpī, married Droṇa, and had by him a son called Aśvatthāman; the son, Kṛpa, became one of the council at Hastināpura, and is sometimes called Gautama, sometimes Śāradvata; according to Hariv. & VP., Kṛpa and Kṛpī were only distant descendants of Śaradvat; according to others, Kṛpa = Vyāsa or = a son of Kṛṣṇa), MBh. &c.
Alternative readings
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