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kāraकारmf(I)n. (√ kṛ, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 23]), making, doing, working, a maker, doer (ifc. See kumbha-k°, yajña k°, suvarṇa-k°)
an author (e.g. vārttika-k°)
accord. to some in [RV.] also, ‘gain, prize, booty’; ‘contest, war’
m. (ifc.) an act, action (see kāma-k°, puruṣa-k°)
the term used in designating a letter or sound or indeclinable word (e.g. a-k°, ka-k°, qq.vv.; eva-k°, the word eva; phūt-k°, q.v.), [Prāt.]; [Mn.] &c.
effort, exertion, [L.]
determination, [L.]
religious austerity, [L.]
a husband, master, lord, [L.]
(as or ā) m. or f. act of worship, song of praise, [Divyāv.]
m. (= kara) tax, toll, royal revenue, [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 10]
a heap of snow or a mountain covered with it, [L.]
mfn. produced by hail, [Suśr.]
kārá as, m. (√ 2. kṛ), a song or hymn of praise, [RV.]
a battle song, [RV.]
m. (√ 2. kṝ), killing, slaughter, [L.]
kāramकारम्(√ 1. kṛ) adv. ind.p. ifc. (see svāhā-k°, [ŚBr.]; namas-k°; cauraṃ-k° ākrośati, he abuses a person by calling him a thief, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 26], Sch.; svāduṃ-k°, [ib.], [Kāś.] &c.)
kārabhaकारभmfn. (fr. kar°), produced by or coming fr. a camel, [Car.]; [Suśr.]
kāraṇāकारणाf. pain, agony, [Daś.]
an astronomical period, [W.] [kāraṇāt, from some cause or reason, [RPrāt. iii, 13]; [Mn. viii, 355]; kasmāt kāraṇāt, from what cause? mama-kāraṇāt, for my sake, [R.] &c.; a-kāraṇena, without a reason, [Yājñ. ii, 234]; yena kāraṇena, because; yasmin kāraṇe, from which motive, wherefore.]
kāraṇaकारणn. cause, reason, the cause of anything (gen., also often loc.), [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.
instrument, means
motive origin, principle
a cause (in phil. i.e. that which is invariably antecedent to some product, cf. samavāyi-k°, asamavāyi-k°, nimitta-k°)
an element, elementary matter, [Yājñ. iii, 148]; [Bhag. xviii, 13]
the origin or plot of a play or poem, [Sāh.]
that on which an opinion or judgement is founded (a sign, mark; a proof; a legal instrument, document), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
an organ of sense, [Ragh. xvi, 22] &c.
an action, [MBh. xii, 12070]
agency, instrumentality, condition, [Kathās. cxii, 178]
‘the cause of being’, a father, [W.]
‘cause of creation’, a deity, [W.]
the body, [L.]
a kind of musical instrument, [L.]
a sort of song, [L.]
a number of scribes or Kāyasthas, [W.]
n. killing, injury, [L.]
kārajaकारजmfn. (fr. kar°), of or relating to the finger-nail, [W.]
m. (for °ruja) a young elephant, [W.]
kārakaकारकkā́raka mf(ikA)n. (generally ifc.) making, doing, acting, who or what does or produces or creates, [MBh.] &c. (cf. siṃha-k°, kṛtsna-k°, śilpa-k)
intending to act or do, [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 70], Sch.
(am), n. ‘instrumental in bringing about the action denoted by a verb (= kriyā-hetu or -nimitta)’, the notion of a case (but not co-extensive with the term case; there are six such relations accord. to [Pāṇ.], viz. karman, karaṇa, kartṛ, sampradāna, apādāna, adhikaraṇa, qq.vv. The idea of the genitive case is not considered a , because it ordinarily expresses the relation of two nouns to each other, but not the relation of a noun and verb).
n. hail-water, [L.]
kāravīकारवीf. the Asa foetida plant or its leaf (= Hiṅgu-parṇī), [L.]
Celosia cristata, [L.]
a kind of anise (Anethum Sowa), [L.]
Nigella indica, [Bhpr.]
a kind of fennel, [ib.]
a small kind of gourd, [L.]
Carum Carvi, [Bhpr.]
kāravaकारवkā-rava m. ‘making the sound kā’, a crow, [L.]
N. of a man, [Saṃskārak.]
kāraṇḍaकारण्डm. a sort of duck, [R. vii, 31, 21] (cf. karaṇḍa.)
kārañjīकारञ्जीf. a kind of pepper, [L.]
kārañjaकारञ्जmfn. produced by or coming fr. the tree Karañja (Pongamia glabra), [Suśr.]
kārambhāकारम्भाf. (cf. kar°), N. of a plant bearing a fragrant seed (commonly Priyaṃgu), [L.]
kāravyāकारव्याf. pl. (scil. ṛcas), N. of certain verses of the [AV.] ([xx, 127, 11]-[14]), [AitBr. vi, 32.]
kāravyaकारव्यSee 2. kārú.
mfn. ‘relating to the singer’
kārayatकारयत्pr. p. Caus. √ kṛ, q.v.
kāraṇakaकारणकifc. = 1. kāraṇa, cause, [Sāh.]
kāraṇatāकारणताkāraṇa—tā f. causality, causation, [Kum. ii, 6]
kāraṇikaकारणिकmfn. (g. kāśy-ādi) ‘investigating, ascertaining the cause’, a judge, [Pañcat.]
a teacher, [MBh. ii, 167.]
kārakaraकारकरkāra—kara mf(I)n. doing work, acting as agent (?), [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 21.]
kārapathaकारपथSee kārāp°.
kāraveyaकारवेयm. pl. a class of Ṛṣis, [Bādar., Sch.]
kārayitṛकारयितृmfn. causing or instigating to act or do, [Mn. xii, 12]; [MBh.]
performer of a religious ceremony, [Hcat.]
kāraṃdhamaकारंधमm. (fr. karaṃ-dh°), a patr. of Avikṣit, [MBh. xiv, 63] and [80]
n. N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh. i, 7841.]
kāraṇākhyāकारणाख्याf. (with the Pāśupatas) a N. of the organs of perception and action, of Buddhi, Ahaṃkāra, and Manas.
kāraṇatasकारणतस्kāraṇa—tas ind. fr. a certain reason (cf. kārya-k°), [Ragh. x, 19.]
kāraṇatvaकारणत्वkāraṇa—tva n. = -tā, [MBh. xiii, 38]; [BhP.] &c.
kāraṇavatकारणवत्kāraṇa—vat mfn. having a cause, [Nyāyad.]
kāraṇḍavaकारण्डवm. = kāraṇḍa, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
kārakavatकारकवत्kāraka—vat mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 2, 115], Vārtt. 2) relating to one who is active in anything, [W.]
instrumental, causal, [W.]
kāraskaraकारस्करm. ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 156]), N. of a poisonous medicinal plant, [BhP. v, 14, 12]
a tree in general, [L.]
m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. ii, 1804]; [viii, 2066]
m. (vv.ll. kāraskāra and kāraskṛta.)
kāravallīकारवल्लीf. Momordica Charantia, [Car.] (cf. kāravella and kāṇḍīra.)
kāravellīकारवेल्लीf. id., [Bhpr.]
kāravellaकारवेल्लm. the gourd Momordica Charantia, [Suśr.]
n. its fruit, [L.]
kārayiṣṇuकारयिष्णुmfn. causing to act or perform, [Vop.]
kāraṃdhaminकारंधमिन्m. a brazier, worker in mixed or white metal, [L.]
an assayer, [L.]
kāraṇābhāvaकारणाभावm. absence of cause.
kāraṇabhūtaकारणभूतkāraṇa—bhūta mfn. become a cause.
kāraṇagataकारणगतkāraṇa—gata mfn. referred to a cause, resolved into first principles, [W.]
kāraṇaguṇaकारणगुणkāraṇa—guṇa m. ‘a quality of cause’, an elementary or causal property, [Sāṃkhyak. 14]
kāraṇamālāकारणमालाkāraṇa—mālā f. ‘a series or chain of causes’, a particular figure in rhet. [Sāh.]
kāraṇavāriकारणवारिkāraṇa—vāri n. primeval water, the water produced and created (from which as from an original reservoir the Hindūs suppose all the water in the universe to be supplied), [W.]
kārakahetuकारकहेतुkāraka—hetu m. the efficient cause.
kārakavādaकारकवादkāraka—vāda m. a treatise on the cases by Rudra.
kāramihikāकारमिहिकाkāra—mihikā f. camphor (?), [L.]
kāra-mihikā See 2. kāra.
kārapacavaकारपचवN. of a region near the Yamunā, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] &c.
kārayamāṇaकारयमाणpr. p. Caus. √ kṛ, q.v.
kāraṇākṣepaकारणाक्षेपm. (in rhet.) an objection raised to the cause of a phenomenon, [Kāvyād.]
kāraṇānvitaकारणान्वितmfn. possessed of a cause or reason, following as an effect fr. its cause.
kāraṇavādinकारणवादिन्kāraṇa—vādin m. ‘cause-declarer’, a complainant, plaintiff, [W.]
kāraṇottaraकारणोत्तरn. answer to a charge, denial of the cause (of complaint; e.g. acknowledgment that a debt was incurred, but assertion that it has been repaid, &c.)
kāraṇḍavatīकारण्डवतीkāraṇḍa—vatī f. ‘abounding in Kāraṇḍavas’, N. of a river g. ajirādi Comm. on [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 220.]
kārakānvitāकारकान्विताf. = kriyā, [Gal.]
kārakaguptiकारकगुप्तिkāraka—gupti f. a sentence with a hidden subject, [Sāh.]
kārakukṣīyaकारकुक्षीयkāra—kukṣīya m. N. of the country of king Sālva on the skirts of the Himālaya ridge in the N.W. of Hindūstān, [L.]
kāra—kukṣīya m. pl. the people of this country, [L.]
kāravellakaकारवेल्लक, m. and kāravellikā, f. id., [Suśr.]
kāravellikāकारवेल्लिकाkāravellaka, m. and , f. id., [Suśr.]
kārayitavyaकारयितव्यmfn. to be caused or effected or made to do, [R.]; [Pañcat. xxiv.]
kāraṇadhvaṃsaकारणध्वंसkāraṇa—dhvaṃsa m. removal of a cause.
kāraṇaśarīraकारणशरीरkāraṇa—śarīra n. ‘causal body’, the original embryo or source of the body existing with the Universal impersonal Spirit and equivalent to A-vidyā (equivalent also to Māyā, and when investing the impersonal Spirit causing it to become the Personal God or Īśvara, [RTL. p. 35] and [36]), [Vedāntas.]
kāraṇakaraṇaकारणकरणkāraṇa—karaṇa n. a primary cause, elementary cause, atom, [W.]
kāraṇatāvādaकारणतावादkāraṇa—tā—vāda m. N. of wk.
kāraṇavihīnaकारणविहीनkāraṇa—vihīna mfn. destitute of a cause or reason, unreasonable.
kāraṇḍavyūhaकारण्डव्यूहkāraṇḍa—vyūha m. N. of a Buddha, [L.]
of a Buddhist work (cf. karaṇḍa-vy°.)
kārakavicāraकारकविचारkāraka—vicāra m. N. of wk.
kārayantrikaकारयन्त्रिकkāra—yantrika m. a kind of artisan, [R.]
kāraṇadhvaṃsinकारणध्वंसिन्kāraṇa—dhvaṃsin mfn. id.
kāraṇakāritamकारणकारितम्kāraṇa—kāritam ind. in consequence of [R. ii, 58, 24.]
kārakaparīkṣāकारकपरीक्षाkāraka—parīkṣā f. N. of wk. on the cases.
kāraskarāṭikāकारस्कराटिकाf. (√ aṭ), a centipede or worm resembling it, [L.]
kāratantavikāकारतन्तविकाor kāratantavikī, f. fr. kara-tantu, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 104], Vārtt. 3 and 24, [Pat.]
kāratantavikīकारतन्तविकीkāratantavikā or , f. fr. kara-tantu, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 104], Vārtt. 3 and 24, [Pat.]
kāraṇadhvaṃsakaकारणध्वंसकkāraṇa—dhvaṃsaka mf(ikA)n. removing a cause.
kārayitavyadakṣaकारयितव्यदक्षkārayitavya—dakṣa mfn. clever at performing what has to be done, [Kum. vii, 27.]
kāraṇaguṇodbhavaguṇaकारणगुणोद्भवगुणkāraṇa—gu°ṇodbhava-guṇa m. a secondary or derivative property (as form, taste, smell, &c. produced by combinations of elementary or causal particles), [Bhāṣāp. 95.]