krIq cl. 1. P. krI/qati (or krI/Lati , RV. ; ep. also Ā. ; perf. cikrIqa , MBh. ; fut. p. krIqizyat , BhP. iii, 17, 24 ; aor. akrIqIt , Bhaṭṭ. ), to play, sport, amuse one's self, frolic, gambol, dally (used of men, animals, the wind and waves, &c.), RV. ; VS. ; AV. &c.; to jest, joke with ( instr. or instr. with saha or sA rDam ; once acc. Mṛcch. ), Mn. ; Yājñ. ; MBh. &c.: Caus. krIqayati , to cause to play, allow to play, MBh. i, 6440 ; iv, 329 ; BhP.
krIq 1 P. ( krIqati, krIqita ) 1 To play, amuse oneself; vAnarAH krIqitumArabDAH Pt. 1 ; eza krIqati kUpayaMtraGawikAnyAyaprasakto viDiH Mk. 10. 59. 2 To gamble, play at dice; bahuviDaM dyUtaM krIqataH Mk. 2 ; nAkzEH krIqetkadAcidDi Ms. 4. 74 ; Y. 1. 138. 3 To jest, joke or trifle with; sadvfttastanamaMqalastava kaTaM prARErmama krIqati Gīt. 3 ; krIqizyAmi tAvadenayA V. 3 ; evamASAgrahagrastEH krIqaMti DaninorTiBiH H. 2. 23 ; Pt. 1. 187 ; Mk. 3. -WITH anu ( Atm. ) to play, sport, amuse oneself; sADvanukrIqamAnAni paSya vfMdAni pakziRAM Bk. 8. 10. — A, -pari , — saM ( Atm. ) to play &c.; saMkrIqaMte maRiBiryatra kanyAH Me. 67 ; but krIq with saM is Paras. in the sense of ‘making a noise’; tvannAmavarRA iva karRapItA mayAsya saMkrIqati cakracakre N. 3. 50 ; saMkrIqaMti SakawAni Mbh. ‘the carts creak.’