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karaṇaकरणkáraṇa 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.
karaṇatāकरणताkaraṇa—tā f. instrumentality, the state of being an instrument, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 33.]
karaṇatvaकरणत्वkaraṇa—tva n. instrumentality, mediate agency, [KapS.]
karaṇavatकरणवत्karaṇa—vat mfn. articulated, [TPrāt.]
karaṇaneriकरणनेरिkaraṇa—neri and karaṇa—nerika, m. a kind of dance.
karaṇasāraकरणसारkaraṇa—sāra m. N. of wk. on practical astronomy by Bhāskara.
karaṇayatiकरणयतिkaraṇa—yati f. a kind of time (in mus.)
karaṇagrāmaकरणग्रामkaraṇa—grāma m. the senses collectively, [L.]
karaṇasūtraकरणसूत्रkaraṇa—sūtra n. N. of wk., [Līl.]
karaṇatrāṇaकरणत्राणkaraṇa—trāṇa n. ‘protecting the organs of sense’, the head, [L.]
karaṇamantraकरणमन्त्रkaraṇa—mantra m. a Mantra pertaining to any sacred rite, [ĀpŚr.], Sch.
karaṇanerikaकरणनेरिकkaraṇa—neri and karaṇa—nerika, m. a kind of dance.
karaṇaniyamaकरणनियमkaraṇa—niyama m. repression or restraint of the organs of sense.
karaṇavigamaकरणविगमkaraṇa—vigama m. death (= deha-tyāga), [Megh.]
karaṇakesarinकरणकेसरिन्karaṇa—kesarin m. N. of wk.
karaṇapaddhatiकरणपद्धतिkaraṇa—paddhati f. N. of wk.
karaṇaprabodhaकरणप्रबोधkaraṇa—prabodha m. N. of wk.
karaṇaprakāśaकरणप्रकाशkaraṇa—prakāśa m. N. of wk.
karaṇaprayogaकरणप्रयोगkaraṇa—prayoga m. spell, charm, [Kathās. xliv, 151]
[xlix, 147].
karaṇavinyayaकरणविन्ययkaraṇa—vinyaya m. manner of pronunciation, [TPrāt.]
karaṇavyāpāraकरणव्यापारkaraṇa—vyāpāra m. action of the senses, [T.]
karaṇakutūhalaकरणकुतूहलkaraṇa—kutūhala n. N. of wk. on practical astronomy by Bhāskara.
karaṇasthānabhedaकरणस्थानभेदkaraṇa—sthāna-bheda m. difference of articulation or organ of pronunciation.