कृप्

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kŕ̥pṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥pš, from Proto-Indo-European *kérp-s ~ *kr̥p-é-s, from *krep- (“body”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬞𐬇𐬨‎‎ (kəhrpə̄m‎), Middle Persian klp (kirb, “body, form”), Latin corpus, Old Armenian որովայն (orovayn) and Old English hrif (whence English riff).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kŕ̩p/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kr̩p/

कृप् • (kṛ́p) f

1. beautiful appearance, beauty, splendour
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.15.5:

     पावकया यश्चितयन्त्या कृपा क्षामन्रुरुच उषसो न भानुना ।

     pāvakayā yaścitayantyā kṛpā kṣāmanruruca uṣaso na bhānunā .

     Who with his purifying, eye-attracting form hath shone upon the earth as with the light of Dawn

• Monier Williams (1899), “कृप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0305.