adjective lean, haggard, emaciated, opp. thūla fat (Vv-a.103). As Ep of ascetics Snp.165, Dhp.395 = Thag.243; esp. as epithet of petas: Pv.ii.1#13; Snp.426, Snp.585; Sdhp.101; Mil.303 For phrase kisa-dhamani-santhata see the latter.

Sk. kṛśa, perhaps to Lat. gracilis, slim