adjective bloody raw, cruel, in -kammanta following a cruel (bloody occupation (as hunting, fishing, bird killing, etc. AN.iii.383 = Pp.56 (expld. Pp-a.233 by dāruṇa˚, also at Pv-a.181).

Sk. krūra, cp. Lat. cruor thick blood, Gr. κρέας (raw) flesh, Sk. kravih; Ohg. hrō, E. raw