karama करम m. (= kalama) a reed for writing with, [Kāraṇḍ.] 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. 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.] karambhaka करम्भक m. a kind of Achyranthes, [Nigh.] N. of a man, [Kathās.] m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.] n. groats, coarsely-ground oats &c., [Rājat.] a document drawn up in different dialects, [Sāh.] karamadhya करमध्य kara—madhya m. a particular measure (= karṣa), [ŚārṅgS.] karamanda करमन्द kara—manda m. N. of a man. karamardā करमर्दा kara—mardā f. N. of a river, [ŚivP.] karamardī करमर्दी kara—mardī f. Carissa Carandas, [L.] karamarda करमर्द kara—marda m. Carissa Carandas, [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c. karamaṭṭa करमट्ट m. the betel-nut tree, [L.] karambita करम्बित mfn. intermingled, mixed, [Gīt.]; [Naiṣ.]; [Viddh.] &c. pounded, reduced to grains or dust, [W.] set, inlaid, [W.] karamokṣa करमोक्ष kara—mokṣa m. the act of setting free the hand (of the bride by her father when the wedding is finished; cf. [Kathās. xvi, 82]), [Pañcad.] karamukta करमुक्त kara—mukta n. (scil. astra) a missile, weapon thrown with the hand a dart, javelin &c., [L.] karamocana करमोचन kara—mocana n. id., [ib.] karambhabhāga करम्भभाग karambha—bhāga mfn. one who receives gruel for his part, [ŚāṅkhBr.] karamardaka करमर्दक kara—mardaká m. id. kara—mardaká n. the fruit of Carissa Carandas, [Suśr. i, 210, 18.] karambhapātra करम्भपात्र karambha—pātrá n. a dish of gruel, [ŚBr.] karamaṇḍalin करमण्डलिन् kara—maṇḍalin m. Achyranthes Aspera, [L.] karambhavālukā करम्भवालुका karambha—vālukā f. nom. pl. hot sand as gruel (a certain punishment in hell), [MārkP.]; [MBh.] karamukteśvara करमुक्तेश्वर kara—mu°kteśvara n. N. of a temple. karambhavālukātāpa करम्भवालुकाताप karambha—vālukā—tāpa m. pl. the pains caused by this punishment, [Mn. xii, 76.]