Dictionary meanings for kṛcchra from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [cf. Uṇ. 2. 21] 1 Causing trouble, painful; Ms. 6. 78.
2 Bad, miserable, evil.
3 Wicked, sinful.
4 Being in a difficult or painful situation. cchraḥ, cchraṃ 1 A difficulty, trouble, hardship, misery, calamity, dan- ger; kṛcchraṃ mahattīrṇaḥ R. 14. 6; 13. 77.
2 Bodily mortification, penance, expiation; Ms. 4. 222; 5. 21; 11. 106.
3 Torment, torture.
4 A par- ticular kind of religious penance...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A) n. (perhaps fr. kṛś, and connected with kaṣṭa), causing trouble or pain, painful, attended with pain or labour MBh.; R.; Pan5cat.; Sus3r. 304,2 54728 mf (A) n. being in a difficult or painful situation R. ii, 78, 14 304,2 54729 mf (A) n. bad, evil, wicked W. 304,2 54730 ind. miserably, painfully, with difficulty R. iv, 22, 7 304,2 54731
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