kirAtaH [ kiraM paryaMtaBUmiM atati gacCatIti kirAtaH ] 1 N. of a degraded mountain tribe who live by hunting, a mountaineer; vEyAkaraRakirAtAdapaSabdamfgAH kva yAMtu saMtrastAH . yadi nawagaRakacikitsaka vEtAlikavadanakaMdarA na syuH .. Subhāṣ. ; Pt. 1. 17 ; paryaMtASrayiBirnijasya sadfSaM nAmnaH kirAtEH kftaM Ratn. 2. 3 ; Ku. 1. 6 , 15. 2 A savage, barbarian. 3 A dwarf. 4 A groom, a horseman. 5 N. of Śiva in the disguise of a Kirāta. — tAH ( pl. ) N. of a country. Comp. — arjunIyaM N. of a poem by Bhāravi (in which the combat of Arjuna with Śiva in the form of a Kirāta or mountaineer is poetically described). — ASin m. an epithet of Garuḍa.