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कृकलास

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Uncertain.[1] Has been explained as "one who sits on stones" and compared to Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos, “crocodile”), sometimes analyzed as κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”) + δρῖλος (drîlos, “worm”).[2] Compare शर्कर (śarkara, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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कृ॒क॒ला॒स • (kṛkalāsá) stem, m[3]

  1. lizard
  2. chameleon

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of कृ॒क॒ला॒स
singular dual plural
nominative कृ॒क॒ला॒सः (kṛkalāsáḥ) कृ॒क॒ला॒सौ (kṛkalāsáu)
कृ॒क॒ला॒सा¹ (kṛkalāsā́¹)
कृ॒क॒ला॒साः (kṛkalāsā́ḥ)
कृ॒क॒ला॒सासः॑¹ (kṛkalāsā́saḥ¹)
accusative कृ॒क॒ला॒सम् (kṛkalāsám) कृ॒क॒ला॒सौ (kṛkalāsáu)
कृ॒क॒ला॒सा¹ (kṛkalāsā́¹)
कृ॒क॒ला॒सान् (kṛkalāsā́n)
instrumental कृ॒क॒ला॒सेन॑ (kṛkalāséna) कृ॒क॒ला॒साभ्या॑म् (kṛkalāsā́bhyām) कृ॒क॒ला॒सैः (kṛkalāsáiḥ)
कृ॒क॒ला॒सेभिः॑¹ (kṛkalāsébhiḥ¹)
dative कृ॒क॒ला॒साय॑ (kṛkalāsā́ya) कृ॒क॒ला॒साभ्या॑म् (kṛkalāsā́bhyām) कृ॒क॒ला॒सेभ्यः॑ (kṛkalāsébhyaḥ)
ablative कृ॒क॒ला॒सात् (kṛkalāsā́t) कृ॒क॒ला॒साभ्या॑म् (kṛkalāsā́bhyām) कृ॒क॒ला॒सेभ्यः॑ (kṛkalāsébhyaḥ)
genitive कृ॒क॒ला॒सस्य॑ (kṛkalāsásya) कृ॒क॒ला॒सयोः॑ (kṛkalāsáyoḥ) कृ॒क॒ला॒साना॑म् (kṛkalāsā́nām)
locative कृ॒क॒ला॒से (kṛkalāsé) कृ॒क॒ला॒सयोः॑ (kṛkalāsáyoḥ) कृ॒क॒ला॒सेषु॑ (kṛkalāséṣu)
vocative कृक॑लास (kṛ́kalāsa) कृक॑लासौ (kṛ́kalāsau)
कृक॑लासा¹ (kṛ́kalāsā¹)
कृक॑लासाः (kṛ́kalāsāḥ)
कृक॑लासासः¹ (kṛ́kalāsāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 388
  2. ^ Boisacq, Émile (1916), “κροκόδιλος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 520
  3. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “कृकलास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 304, column 1.