In Sanskrit, "kruddhān" refers to someone who is
angry or enraged, and it is derived as a krudant
(participial) form of the root "krodh" (anger).
Grammatical Formation
Specifically, in Sanskrit grammar, krudant forms are created
to express:
- Active or passive qualities (e.g., being angry, angered)
- Temporal or causal states (e.g., having become angry)
Here, "kruddhān" can be interpreted as:
- masculine nominative singular, meaning the one who is angry
- Grammatically, it represents a past participle-like formation, indicating a state resulting from the root action
- (“having gotten angry”)
Related Terms
- Krodha – anger (noun, general term for the emotion)
- Krudhatman – one having an angry mind, another derivative
- emphasizing the state of being enraged
- Kruddha – simple adjective/participle meaning angry
Krodha – anger (noun, general term for the emotion)
Krudhatman – one having an angry mind, another derivative
emphasizing the state of being enraged
Kruddha – simple adjective/participle meaning angry
Contextual Meaning
In literature and classical usage, kruddhān is used to describe
a personified emotion or state of anger, often for a male subject.
For example:
- "सो क्रुद्धान् अपसूपम् अभवत्" would translate roughly as "He, being
- angry, became furious"
- It can also function in poetry and philosophical texts to
- convey emotional states arising from specific causes.
Summary
- Root: क्रुध् (krodh) – anger
- Form: Krudant participle suffix
- Meaning: Angry, enraged, one who is angry
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Thus, kruddhān is a participial form conveying both the quality
of anger and the person experiencing it, conforming to Sanskrit's
elaborate system of krudant word formations.