[kiraṃ paryaṃtabhūmiṃ atati gacchatī- ti kirātaḥ] 1 N. of a degraded mountain tribe who live by hunting, a mountaineer; vaiyākaraṇakirātādapaśa- bdamṛgāḥ kva yāṃtu saṃtrastāḥ. yadi naṭagaṇakaci- kitsaka vaitālikavadanakaṃdarā na syuḥ.. Su- bhāsh.; Pt. 1. 17; paryaṃtāśrayibhirnijasya sadṛśaṃ nāmnaḥ kirātaiḥ kṛtaṃ Ratn. 2. 3; Ku. 1. 6, 15.

2 A savage, barba- rian.

3 A dwarf.

4 A groom, a horseman.

5 N. of Śiva...