कृप्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krep-. Cognate with Middle Persian klp (kirb, body, form), Latin corpus, Old Armenian որովայն (orovayn) and Old English hrif (English midriff).

Noun

कृप् (kṛ́p) f

  1. beautiful appearance, beauty, splendour (RV., VS. IV, 25)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0305
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