# अक्रोध (akrodha)

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अक्रोध (akrodha) is a Sanskrit word meaning suppression of anger, free from anger, not impotent, manly, freedom from anger, dispassionate, not given to anger. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Absence of anger / Free from anger, Not impotent / Manly.

- **Etymology:** E. अ meg. and क्रोध anger — E. a meg. and krodha anger
- **SLP1:** `akroDa`  **IAST:** akrodha  **Devanagari:** अक्रोध
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrodha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/akrodha/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Absence of anger / Free from anger (12 definitions)
- suppression of anger  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 3,1] अ - क्रोध (a-krodha) m. suppression of anger [ ID=407 ]
- free from anger  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > अ - क्रोध (a-krodha) mfn. free from anger. [ ID=408 ]
- Free from anger.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अक्रोध (akrodha) [Printed book page 0005-c ] अक्रोध (akrodha) a. [ नास्ति क्रोधो यस्य (nāsti krodho yasya) ] Free from anger
- Absence or suppression of anger  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — धः (dhaḥ) [ न (na). त (ta).] Absence or suppression of anger; अक्रोधस्त (ta) पसः (akrodhastapasaḥ) ( विभूषणं (vibhūṣaṇaṃ) ) Bhartṛhari’s three Śatakas (the figures 1., 2., 3. after Bh. denoting Śṛṅgāraº, Nītiº, and Vairāgyaº) 2. 82; regarded as one of the ten duties of an ascetic. [ ID=112 ]
- 1. Freedom from anger. 2. Not given to anger.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अक्रोध (akrodha) [Printed book page 002-1 ] अक्रोध (akrodha) á-krodha, m. freedom from anger; a. not given to anger; -na, a. id.. [ ID=153 ]
- 1. Freedom from anger or dispassionateness. 2. Dispassionate.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) क्रोध (krodha) (akrodha) [Printed book page 003 ] अ (a) क्रोध (krodha) (akrodha) m. ( - धः (-dhaḥ) ) Dispassionateness, restraint of anger, one of the ten duties of an ascetic. mfn. ( - धः (-dhaḥ)- धा - धं (-dhaḥ-dhā-dhaṃ) ) Dispassionate. E. अ (a) meg. and क्रोध (krodha) anger. [ ID=115 ]
- Dispassionateness  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अक्रोध (akrodha) [Printed book page 003-a ] अ - क्रोध (a-krodha) ( धः ) ((dhaḥ)) 1. m. Dispassionateness. [ ID=88 ]
- 1. Dispassionateness or restraint of anger. 2. Dispassionate.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) क्रोध (krodha) (akrodha) [Printed book page 003-a ] अ (a) क्रोध (krodha) (akrodha) m. ( - धः (-dhaḥ) ) Dispassionateness, restraint of anger, one of the ten duties of an ascetic. mfn. ( - धः (-dhaḥ)- धा - धं (-dhaḥ-dhā-dhaṃ) ) Dispassionate. E. अ (a) neg. and क्रोध (krodha) anger. [ ID=114 ]
- freedom from anger  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अक्रोध (akrodha) [Printed book page 002 ] 1 अक्रोध (akrodha) m. abstr. to seq. [ ID=112 ]
- free from anger  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 अक्रोध (akrodha) a. free from anger, impassionate. [ ID=113 ]
- 1. Dispassionateness or restraint of anger. 2. Dispassionate.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) क्रोध (krodha) (akrodha) [Printed book page 005-a ] अ (a) क्रोध (krodha) (akrodha) I. Tatpur. m. ( - धः (-dhaḥ) ) Dispassionateness, restraint of anger, one of the ten duties of an anchorite. E. अ (a) neg. and क्रोध (krodha). II. Bahuvr. m. f. n. ( - धः (-dhaḥ)- धा - धम् (-dhaḥ-dhā-dham) ) Dispassionate. E. अ (a) priv. and क्रोध (krodha). [ ID=162 ]
- 1. Freedom from anger. 2. Free from anger.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अक्रोध (akrodha) [Printed book page 0002-c ] अक्रोध (akrodha) a-krodha, as, m. suppression of anger, one of the chief virtues among Hindūs; ( as, ā, am ), free from anger. [ ID=146 ]

### Not impotent / Manly (1 definition)
- not impotent, manly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 1308,2] अ - क्रोध (a-krodha) ( Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) ) mfn. not impotent, manly, Buddha-carita (Title) [ ID=408.1 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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