# क्रोध (krodha)

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क्रोध (krodha) is a Sanskrit word meaning anger, wrath, passion, feminine, anger personified, name of a Danava, of the mystic syllable hum or hrum, the name of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them The Emotion of Anger/Wrath, Personification of Anger, Grammatical/Etymological Notes.

- **Roots:** 1. क्रुध् (1. krudh), क्रुध् (krudh)
- **Etymology:** E. क्रुध to be angry, affix घञ् — E. krudha to be angry, affix ghañ
- **SLP1:** `kroDa`  **IAST:** krodha  **Devanagari:** क्रोध
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krodha_%28Mental_factor%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/krodha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** क्रोधा (krodhā)

## Meanings by context

### The Emotion of Anger/Wrath (10 definitions)
- anger, wrath, passion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 322,1] क्रोध (krodha) a m. anger, wrath, passion, Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) xxx, 14; Atharva-veda (Title); Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=58241 ]
- anger  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 077-1 ] क्रोध (krodha) kródh-a, m. anger: -calṣus, n. angry eye; -ja, a. springing from wrath; -mukah, a. ( ī ) angry-faced; -vaśa, m. power of anger. [ ID=6477 ]
- Anger  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 259 ] क्रोध (krodha) m. ( - धः (-dhaḥ) ) Anger, wrath. E. क्रुध (krudha) to be angry, affix घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=12090 ]
- Anger  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 222-b ] क्रोध (krodha) ( धः ) ((dhaḥ)) 1. m. Anger. [ ID=11539 ]
- 1. Anger or wrath. 2. Anger as the feeling inspiring the raudra sentiment in rhetoric.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 217-04 ] क्रोध (krodha) m. 1. Anger, wrath, कामात्क्रोध (krodha) ोऽभिजायते (kāmātkrodho'bhijāyate) Bg. ii.62, 63, Am.S. 18; 2. anger considered as the feeling which gives rise to the raudra sentiment (in rhetoric). [ ID=10739 ]
- Anger, wrath  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 213-a ] क्रोध (krodha) m. ( - धः (-dhaḥ) ) Anger, wrath. E. क्रुध् (krudh) to be angry, affix घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=12084 ]
- 1. Anger. 2. A proper name.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 0231-a ] क्रोध (krodha) krodha, i. e. krudh + a, I. m. 1. Anger, Man. 1, 25. 2. A proper name, MBh. 1, 2543. II. f. dhā, A proper name, MBh. 1, 2520. — Comp. A-, m. freedom from wrath, Man. 3, 235. Sa-, adj., f. dhā, wrathful, Chr. 57, 28. [ ID=3961 ]
- anger, wrath  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 138 ] क्रोध (krodha) m. anger, wrath. [ ID=8715 ]
- anger  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 146-a ] kródha, m. anger. [ √krudh. ] [ ID=1253 ]
- 1. Anger, wrath, or passion. 2. Anger personified as a mythological being. 3. The name of a Danava.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 0262-a ] Krodha, as, m. anger, wrath, passion; anger personified as a child of Lobha and Nikṛti; or of death; or of Brahmā; N. of a Dānava; ( ā ), f., N. of a daughter of Dakṣa. —Krodha-ja, as, ā, am, proceeding from or engendered by wrath, (especially applicable to eight vices, hatred, envy, oppression, violence, &c.) —Krodha-maya, as, ī, am, a person of angry disposition; passionate, angry. —Krodha- mūrchita, as, ā, am, overcome or infatuated with anger, passionate, angry; ( as ), m. a kind of perfume, commonly called Cor, = cora. —Krodha-varjita, as, ā, am, free from wrath, mild, calm. —Krodha- vardhana, as, m., N. of a Dānava. —Krodha-vaśa, as, m. the power of anger; ( as, ā, am ), over- powered by anger, passionate, violent; N. of several kinds of evil spirits; ( as ), m., N. of a Rakṣas; ( ā ), f., N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa. —Krodhavaśa-ga, as, ā, am, subject to anger, under the influence of anger. —Krodha-samanvita, as, ā, am, filled with anger. —Krodha-hantṛ, tā, m., N. of an Asura. —Krodhānvita (°dha-an°), as, ā, am, wrathful, angry. —Krodhāmarṣa-jihma- bhrū (°dha-am°), ūs, ūs, u, bending the brow with anger and impatience. —Krodhojjhita (°dha-uj°), as, ā, am, free from wrath, composed, calm. [ ID=16227 ]

### Personification of Anger (5 definitions)
- Anger personified  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Anger (personified as a child of Lobha and Nikṛti; or of Death; or of Brahmā), Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=58243 ]
- wrath or anger, personified  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 411-2 ] Krodha 1 (“Wrath,” “Anger,” personif.). § 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2708 (Aśvatthāman was produced by a union of Mahādeva, Antaka, Kāma, and K.).—§ 223 (Vāsiṣṭha): I, 174, 6639 ( Kāma-K°au, used to shampoo the feet of Vasiṣṭha).—§ 498 (Skandotpatti): III, 226, 14363 ( nārī K° sambhavā ).—§ 662 b (Jāpakop.): XII, 199, 7316 ( Kāma- K°au, in the shape of Virūpa and Vikṛta).—§ 717 b (Nārā- yaṇīya): XII, 335 α, 12686 (among the twenty-one Prajāpatis).—§ 743 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 40, 2256 ( Kāmasya…sahāyaṃ, created by Brahmán).—§ 786 f (Jamadagni): XIV, 92, 2888, 2890, 2894, 2899 (Dharma assumed the shape of K.). [ ID=5870 ]
- anger  
  *The Purana Index*
  > क्रोध (krodha) [Printed book page 1-482 ] Krodha (I) — issue from the brows of Brahmā. 1 Śukra's homily to Devayānī, when she was angry with Śarmiṣṭhā, and her answer. 2 Vasiṣṭha on the folly of. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. III. 12. 26; M. 3. 10.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 28. 1-13.] [ Footnote: 3) Vi. I. 1. 17-19.] [ ID=3793 ]
- born of Lobha and Nikriti  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Krodha (II) — born of Lobha and Nikṛti. Bhā. IV. 8. 3. [ ID=3794 ]
- a son of Mrityu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Krodha (IV) — a son of Mṛtyu. Vā. 10. 41. [ ID=3796 ]

### Grammatical/Etymological Notes (3 definitions)
- feminine  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ifc. f( आ (ā) ). ), Amaru-śataka (Title) [ ID=58242 ]
- anger  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 323,1] क्रोध (krodha) b &c. See √ 1. क्रुध् (krudh). [ ID=58464 ]
- See under krudh.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0262-c ] क्रोध (krodha) krodha, &c. See under 1. krudh. [ ID=16261 ]

### Specific Technical or Symbolic Uses (3 definitions)
- of the mystic syllable hum or hrum  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the mystic syllable हुम् (hum) or ह्रूं (hrūṃ), Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad (Title) [ ID=58245 ]
- in music, name of a Shruti  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > क्रोधी (krodhī) f. (in music) N. of a Śruti [ ID=58247 ]
- the fifty-ninth year of the sixty-year Brihaspati cycle  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > क्रोध (krodha) n. N. of the fifty-ninth year of the sixty years' Bṛhaspati cycle, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=58248 ]

### Proper Name: A Dānava/Asura (2 definitions)
- Name of a Danava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Dānava, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 2543; Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=58244 ]
- an Asura  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Krodha 2, an Asura. § 97 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2543 (son of Kālā). [ ID=5871 ]

### Proper Name: A Bhairava God (1 definition)
- a Bhairava god  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Krodha (III) — a Bhairava god. Br. IV. 19. 78. [ ID=3795 ]

### Proper Name: A Female Mythological Figure (Krodhā) (1 definition)
- The name of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 322,1] क्रोधा (krodhā) f. N. of one of the thirteen daughters of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 2520; Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=58246 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya 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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