kara कर kará mf(I, rarely A)n. (for 2. See p. 254, col. 3) (√ kṛ), a doer, maker, causer, doing, making, causing, producing (esp. ifc.; cf. duḥkhakara, bhayaṃ-k°, sampat-k°, &c.; cf. Lat. cerus, ‘creator’), [AV. xii, 2, 2]; [Mn.]; [Pañcat.] &c. helping, promoting, [RV. i, 116, 13] kará m. the act of doing, making &c. (ifc.; cf. īṣatkara, su-k°, duṣ-k°, &c.) ‘the doer’, the hand, [RV. x, 67, 6]; [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c. a measure (the breadth of twenty-four thumbs) an elephant's trunk, [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] &c. the claws of a crab, [Hit.] symbolical expression for the number two the lunar mansion Hasta, [VarBṛS.] m. (for 1. See p. 253, col. 1) (√ kṝ), a ray of light, sunbeam, moonbeam, [R.]; [Megh.]; [Pañcat.] &c. hail, [L.] royal revenue, toll, tax, tribute, duty, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. karad करद् onomat. (with iti), [MānGṛ.] karas करस् káras n. a deed, action, [RV. iv, 19, 10.] káras See under 1. kará. karabhā करभा f. a particular plant, [L.] karabhī करभी f. a she-camel, [L.] Tragia Involucrata, [L.] karabhū करभू kara—bhū m. a fingernail. karabha करभ m. (for 2. See col. 3) (√ kṝ, [Uṇ. iii, 122]; but more probably connected with kara), the trunk of an elephant, [MBh.]; [Śak.] &c. a young elephant, [BhP.] a camel, [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c. a young camel, [Pañcat.] the metacarpus (the hand from the wrist to the root of the fingers), [Sāh.] Comm. on [Uṇ.] &c. (in mus.) a singer who wrinkles the forehead when singing a kind of perfume, [L.] a wall, [L.] N. of Danta-vakra (king of the Karūṣas), [MBh. ii, 577] (for 1. See col. 2) n. the lunar mansion called Hasta, [Hcat.] &c., for 1. See p. 254, col. 2 for 2., p. 254, col. 3. karaphu करफु a particular high number, [L.] ([Buddh.]) karaṇī करणी káraṇī f. a woman of the above mixed tribe, [Yājñ. i, 95] (with sutā) an adopted daughter, [R. (ed. Gorr.) i, 19, 9] (in arithm.) a surd or irrational number, surd root the side of a square, [Śulbas.] Comm. on [VS.] a particular measure Comm. on [KātyŚr.] a particular position of the fingers karaṇa करण káraṇa mf(I) n (once karaṇá, [RV. i, 119, 7]) doing, making, effecting, causing (esp. ifc.; cf. antakaraṇa, uṣṇaṃ-k°, &c.), [R.] &c. clever, skilful, [RV. i, 119, 7] káraṇa m. a helper, companion, [AV. vi, 46, 2]; [xv, 5, 1]-[6]; [xix, 57, 3] a man of a mixed class (the son of an outcast Kṣatriya, [Mn. x, 22]; or the son of a Śūdra woman by a Vaiśya, [Yājñ. i, 92]; or the son of a Vaiśya woman by a Kṣatriya, [MBh. i, 2446]; [4521]; the occupation of this class is writing, accounts &c.) writer, scribe, [W.] káraṇa m. (in Gr.) a sound or word as an independent part of speech (or as separated from the context; in this sense usually n.), [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 41]; [Pat.] Comm. on [RPrāt.] káraṇa m. (in mus.) a kind of time, [Kum. vi, 40] káraṇa n. the act of making, doing, producing, effecting, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c. (very often ifc., e.g. muṣṭi-k°, virūpa-k°) an act, deed, [RV.] an action (esp. a religious one), [Yājñ. i, 250]; [R.] the special business of any tribe or caste, [L.] a calculation (esp. an astronomical one), [VarBṛS.] an astrological division of the day (these Karaṇas are eleven, viz. vava, valava, kaulava, taitila, gara, vaṇija, viṣṭi, śakuni, catuṣpada, kintughna, and nāga, two being equal to a lunar day; the first seven are called a-dhruvāṇi or movable, and fill, eight times repeated, the space from the second half of the first day in the moon's increase to the first half of the fourteenth day in its wane; the four others are dhruvāṇi or fixed, and occupy the four half-days from the second half of the fourteenth day in the wane of the moon to the first half of the first day in its increase), [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.] &c. pronunciation, articulation, [APrāt.] (in Gr.) a sound or word as an independent part of speech, separated from its context, [Pāṇ.], [Kāś.] &c., ( may be used in this way like kāra, e.g. iti-karaṇa, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]) the posture of an ascetic a posture in sexual intercourse instrument, means of action, [ŚvetUp.]; [Yājñ.]; [Megh.] an organ of sense or of speech, [VPrāt.]; [PārGṛ.] (in law) an instrument, document, bond, [Mn. viii, 51]; [52]; [154] (in Gr.) the means or instrument by which an action is effected, the idea expressed by the instrumental case, instrumentality, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 42]; [ii, 3, 18]; [iii, 2, 45] cause (= kāraṇa) a spell, charm, [Kathās.] (cf. karaṇa-prayoga) rhythm, time, [Kum.] body, [Megh.]; [Kum.]; [Kād.] N. of a treatise of Varāha-mihira on the motion of the planets of a work belonging to the Śiva-darśana a field, [L.] the mind, heart, [W.] (cf. antaḥ-karaṇa) grain, [W.] (also) a sinew, tendon, muscle, [Kir.] &c. See p. 254, col. 1. karaṇi करणि f. doing, making (cf. a-karaṇi) form, aspect, [Bālar.] &c. karatha करथ m. N. of a physician, [BrahmaP.] karada करद kara—da ( kara-da; for 2. See p. 254, col. 3) mfn. one who gives his hand, [W.] kara—da mfn. paying taxes, subject to tax, tributary, [MBh.] karaja करज kara—ja m. ‘produced in or from the hand’, a finger-nail, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c. Pongamia Glabra (= karañja), [L.] kara—ja n. a kind of perfume (resembling a nail in appearance, = vyāghra-nakha), [L.] karaka करक m. (for 2. See col. 3) a water-vessel (esp. one used by students or ascetics), [MBh.]; [R.] a species of bird, [L.] hand (?), [L.] N. of several plants (the pomegranate tree, Pongamia Glabra, Butea Frondosa, Bauhinia Variegata, Mimusops Elengi, Capparis Aphylla), [L.] a cocoa-nut shell, [L.] m. n. a cocoa-nut shell hollowed to form a vessel m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]; [VP.] n. fungus, mushroom, [L.] m. (for 1. See col. 1) hail toll, tax, tribute. karama करम m. (= kalama) a reed for writing with, [Kāraṇḍ.] karavī करवी f. the leaf of the plant Asa Foetida, [Suśr.] (cf. karvarī, kavarī, kāvarī.) karaṭā करटा f. an elephant's temple a cow difficult to be milked, [L.] karaṭī करटी f. a crow, [L.] karaṭa करट m. an elephant's temple, [MBh.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c. the spot between the forehead and ear of a bird, [VarBṛS.] a crow, [BhP. v, 14, 29]; [Śāntiś.] &c. a kind of drum Comm. on [VarBṛS.] a man of a low or degraded profession, [L.] a bad Brāhman, [L.] an atheist, unbeliever, impugner of the doctrines of the Veda, [L.] a kind of funeral ceremony, [L.] Carthamus Tinctorius, [L.] m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. vi, 370]; [VP.] m. of a royal dynasty mfn. dark-red, [VarBṛS. lxi, 2]; [6.] karaṭu करटु m. the Numidian crane, [L.] (cf. kareṭavyā, kareṭu, &c.) karabhin करभिन् m. ‘having a trunk’, an elephant, [L.] karaṅka करङ्क m. the skull, head, [Kathās.]; [Mālatīm.] a cocoa-nut hollowed to form a cup or vessel, [L.] a kind of sugar-cane (cf. the next), [L.] any bone of the body, [L.] [cf. Gk. κάρυον, κέρας, καρκίνος; Lat. carina, cornu, cancer; Eng. horn; cf. karka.] karaṇin करणिन् mfn. having instruments, [VP.] m. N. of a teacher. karaṇḍa करण्ड mf(I, L.)n. ([Uṇ. i, 128]) a basket or covered box of bamboo wicker-work, [BhP.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c. a bee-hive, honey-comb, [L.] m. a sword, [L.] a sort of duck, [L.] a species of plant (= dalāḍhaka), [L.] n. a piece of wood, block, [Bhpr.] See p. 254, col. 2. karañjī करञ्जी kárañjī f. Galedupa Piscidia, [Bhpr.] karañja करञ्ज kárañja m. the tree Pongamia Glabra (used medicinally), [Āp.]; [Suśr.]; [MBh. iii] N. of an enemy of Indra (slain by this god), [RV. i, 53, 8] karambhā करम्भा (ā), f. Asparagus Racemosus, [L.] fennel N. of the daughter of a king of Kaliṅga and wife of Akrodhana, [MBh. i, 3775] karambha करम्भ karambhá as, m. groats or coarsely-ground oats &c. a dish of parched grain, a cake or flour or meal mixed with curds, a kind of gruel (generally offered to Pūṣan as having no teeth to masticate hard food), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. a mixture N. of a poisonous plant, [Suśr.] of a son of Śakuni and father of Devarāta, [Hariv.] of the father of Asura Mahiṣa of a monkey, [R.] of a brother of Rambha karambhá mfn. mixed (as an odour), [BhP.] karambhi करम्भि m. N. of a son of Śakuni and father of Devarāta, [BhP.]; [VP.] (ayas) pl. the lineage of Karambhi. karamba करम्ब mfn. (√ 1. kṛ, [Uṇ. iv, 82]), mixed set, inlaid, [W.] m. a kind of gruel. karantha करन्थ m. pl. N. of a people, [VP.] kararudh कररुध् kara—rudh mfn. warding off a hand (and ‘a ray’), [Megh.] kara—rudh mfn. ray-obstructing. karastha करस्थ kara—stha mfn. lying in the hand, [Naiṣ.] karasna करस्न karásna m. the fore-part of the arm, [RV.] a finger-nail, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] karásna See under 1. kará. karatas करतस् kara—tas ind. from the hand, out of the hand. karavat करवत् kara—vat mfn. paying tribute. karaṭin करटिन् m. an elephant, [Subh.] karabhīya करभीय mfn. tending camels, [Hcar.] karabhaka करभक m. N. of a messenger, [Śak.] of a village, [Kathās.] (cf. karabha-grāma above.) karabhorū करभोरू f. a woman whose thighs resemble the trunk of an elephant, [Śak.]; [Naiṣ.] &c. karadhṛta करधृत kara—dhṛta mfn. held or supported by the hand, [Megh.] karaghāṭa करघाट kara—ghāṭa m. a kind of poisonous tree, [Suśr. ii, 251, 14]; [252, 2.] karaṇīya करणीय mfn. to be done or made or effected &c., [MBh.]; [R.] &c. n. an affair, business, matter, [Ragh.] karaṇatā करणता karaṇa—tā f. instrumentality, the state of being an instrument, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 33.] karaṇḍin करण्डिन् m. (karaṇḍas tad-ākāro 'sty asya, [T.]) a fish, [L.] karaśākhā करशाखा kara—śākhā f. a finger, [L.] karaśūka करशूक kara—śūka m. ‘hand-spicule’, a finger-nail, [L.] karabāla करबाल kara—bāla See -vāla below. karabaka करबक kara—baka m. a species of bird, [VarBṛS.] karaculi करचुलि m. N. of a country, [Viddh.] karadīkṛ करदीकृ kara—°dī-√ kṛ to render tributary, [Hcar.] karadviṣ करद्विष् kara—dviṣ m. pl. N. of a tribe or school, [TāṇḍyaBr. ii, 15, 4]; [iii, 6, 4.] karahāra करहार kara—hāra mfn. taking tribute, [BhP.] karahāṭa करहाट m. the tree Vangueria Spinosa, [Suśr.] the fibrous root of a lotus, [L.] N. of a region. karahati करहति kara—hati f. a blow with the hand. karajāla करजाल kara—jāla n. a pencil of rays, a stream of light, [W.] karakāyu करकायु m. N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (cf. kanakāyu), [MBh. i, 6982.] karakaṭa करकट kara—kaṭa m. an elephant's temple (cf. karaṭa) Centropus Pyropterus, [Nigh.] karakoṣa करकोष kara—koṣa m. the hand hollowed to receive water (cf. -kalāśa.) karalāya करलाय Nom. Ā. °yate, to become terrible, [Vās.] karamālā करमाला kara—mālā f. the hand used as a rosary (the joints of the fingers corresponding to the beads), [Tantras.] &c. karamāla करमाल m. smoke (probably a corruption of khatamāla). karambhād करम्भाद् karambhā́d mfn. eating groats or gruel, [RV. vi, 56, 1.] karambhin करम्भिन् karambhín mfn. possessing gruel, [RV.] karamarī करमरी f. a prisoner, [L.] karapāla करपाल kara—pāla ( kara-pāla; for 2. See p. 254, col. 3) m. ‘hand-protecting’, a sword, scymitar, [L.] kara—pāla ( ; for 1. See p. 253, col. 2) m. chief tax-gatherer, [Pañcat.] karapāli करपालि kara—pāli m. a kind of sword, [L.] karapuṭī करपुटी kara—puṭī f. the hollow of the hand, [Śārṅg.] karapuṭa करपुट kara—puṭa m. joining the palms of the hands in token of respect, [W.] the hands joined and hollowed to receive anything, [W.] a box, chest with a lid, [MBh. xiv, 1928] kararddhi करर्द्धि kara—°rddhi f. (kara-ṛddhi) = -tālī above, [L.] indication of luck by the hand, [T.] f. a cymbal, [L.] kararuha कररुह kara—ruha m. ‘growing from the hand’, a finger-nail, [Śak.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c. Unguis Odoratus, [L.] karasāda करसाद kara—sāda ( kara-sāda; for 2. See p. 254, col. 3) m. languor of the hands, [Pañcat.] kara—sāda ( kara-sāda; for 1. See p. 253, col. 3) m. the fading away of rays, [Pañcat.] karatāla करताल kara—tāla mf(I). a musical instrument, a cymbal, [L.] kara—tāla n. beating time by clapping the hands, [Bālar.] karatalā करतला kara—talā f. a knife, [Kathās.] karatala करतल kara—tala m. the palm of the hand, [R.]; [Suśr.]; [BhP.] &c. karatṛṇa करतृण kara—tṛṇa n. Pandanus Odoratissimus, [Nigh.] karatoyā करतोया kara—toyā f. N. of a river in the north-east of Bengal (said to have, originated from the water poured into the hand of Śiva at his marriage with Pārvati, and thrown by him on the ground), [MBh.]; [VP.] karavāla करवाल kara—vāla m. a sword, scymitar, [MBh.]; [BhP.] &c. (cf. -pāla above) a finger-nail, [L.] karavāli करवालि kara—vāli m. a kind of sword, [L.] karavāri करवारि kara—vāri n. water from the hand. karavīka करवीक m. N. of a mountain. karavīrā करवीरा kara—vīrā f. red arsenic, [L.] karavīrī करवीरी kara—vīrī f. a woman who has borne a son, a mother, [L.] a good cow, [L.] N. of Aditi, [T.] karavīra करवीर kara—vīra m. Oleander (Nerium Odorum), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Mṛcch.]; [VarBṛS.] a species of Soma, [Suśr. ii, 164, 15] a sword, [L.] a particular spell (for recovering a missile of mystic properties after its discharge), [R.] the thumb a cemetery, [L.] N. of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 1557] of a Daitya, [L.] of a town on the river Veṇvā (founded by Padma-varṇa), [Hariv. 5230] (cf. kara-vīra-pura below) of a town on the river Dṛṣadvatī (the residence of Candraśekhara), [KapS.] of a mountain, [BhP.] kara—vīra n. the flower of Oleander, [L.] kara-vīra See p. 253, col. 3. karaṭaka करटक m. a crow, [L.] N. of a jackal, [Pañcat.]; [Hit.] &c. karaṃdhama करंधम kara—ṃ-dhama m. N. of two princes, [MBh.]; [VP.] &c. karaṃdhaya करंधय kara—ṃ-dhaya mfn. sucking the hand, [Vop.] karaṅgaṇa करङ्गण (v.l. for karāṅgaṇa) m. a market, fair, [W.] karaṅkiṇī करङ्किणी f. N. of a Yoginī, [Hcat.] karaṇābda करणाब्द m. pl. the years used in astronomical calculations i.e. years of the Sāka era Comm. on [VarBṛS.] karaṇāṭṭa करणाट्ट n. N. of a place. karaṇatva करणत्व karaṇa—tva n. instrumentality, mediate agency, [KapS.] karaṇavat करणवत् karaṇa—vat mfn. articulated, [TPrāt.] karaṇḍaka करण्डक mf(ikA). a basket, [Kathās.] karaśuddhi करशुद्धि kara—śuddhi f. cleansing the hands with fragrant flowers, [Tantras.] karañjaha करञ्जह karañja—há mfn. pernicious to Karañja, [RV. x, 48, 8.] karañjaka करञ्जक mf(ikA). Pongamia Glabra, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] Verbesina Scandens, [L.] karacchadā करच्छदा kara—cchadā f. a species of tree (commonly called sindūra-puṣpī-vṛkṣa), [L.] karacchada करच्छद kara—cchada m. Trophis Aspera, [Bhpr.]