1. krI cl. 9. P. Ā. krIRA/ti , krIRIte ( fut. p. krezyat , Lāṭy. ; ind.p. krItvA/ , AV. ; Mn. ), to buy, purchase (with instr. of the price, and abl. or gen. of the person from whom anything is bought, e.g. ka/ ima/m indraM daSa/Bir Denu/Bir ma/ma krIRAti , who will buy this Indra of me for ten cows? RV. iv, 24, 10 ; yam mAtA-pitror antikAt [or sakASAt ] krIRIyAt whom he may buy from his father and mother, Mn. ix, 174 ; krIRIzva tad daSaBiH suvarREh , buy that for ten suvarṇa s) : Caus. P. krApayati , Pāṇ. vi, 1, 48 ;
krI 9 U. ( krIRAti, krIRIte, krIta ) 1 To buy, purchase; mahatA puRyapaRyena krIteyaM kAyanOstvayA Śānti. 3. 1 ; krIRIzva majjIvitameva paRyamanyanna cedasti tadastu puRyaM N. 3. 87 , 88 ; krIRaMti sma prARamUlyEryaSAMsi Śi. 18. 15 ; Pt. 1. 13 ; Ms. 9. 174. 2 To barter, exchange; kaccitsahasrErmUrKARAmekaM krIRAsi paMqitaM Mb. 3 To win. [ cf. Pers. kharidan ].
krI a. (At the end of comp. ) Buying.