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Monier-Williams Search

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krivi

m. a Name of rudra- (varia lectio kr/ayin- q.v)

krivi

m. a leather bag (metaphorically"a cloud")

krivi

m. a well

krivi

m. Name of an asura-

krivi

m. sg. and plural (is-, ayas-) the original Name of the pañcāla-s

krivi

m. (perhaps also

) (see kr/aivya-.)

krivirdatī

f. (probably) sharp-toothed (confer, compare kṛvī-),

Apte Search

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krivi	क्रिवि a. Ved. 1 Doing, performing. -2 Killing. -विः 1 A cistern, well. -3 A leather bag; a cloud (?) -4 N. of the country of पाञ्चाल.

Macdonell Search

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krivi	m. water-skin: pl. N. of a people (in C.=Pañkâla).

Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects

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krivi

Is asserted in the Satapatha Brāhmana to have been the older name of the Pañcālas. This statement is supported by the name of the king there mentioned, Kraivya Pāñcāla. The Krivis appear in the Rigveda as settled on the Sindhu and the Asiknī. It is a plausible conjecture of Zimmer’s that with the Kurus they made up the Vaikarna people. The importance of the Pañcālas, and the insignificance of the Krivis, may be explained in part by the fact that the later Kuru-Pañcāla alliance included the Bharatas. It is also probable, as Oldenberg suggests, from the Satapatha Brāhmana, that the Turvaśas were included in the Pañcālas, and as the latter name indicates, probably other tribes also. Or, if Hopkins’ view is accepted that Turvaśa was king of the Yadus, the latter may in part have been allied with the Krivis to form the Pañcālas.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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krivir	devīr atarpayat RV.9.9.6c.

krivir	na seka ā gatam RV.8.87.1b.

krivir	nāmāni pravaṇe muṣāyati RV.5.44.4d.

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