mf(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.]