mfn. only ifc. ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 182]) making, doing, performing, accomplishing, effecting, manufacturing, acting, one who accomplishes or performs anything, author (see su-k°, karma-k°, pāpa-k°, &c.)
m. an affix used to form nouns from roots, [VPrāt.]; [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 93]; [4, 67]; [vi, 1, 71]; [vii, 2, 8] and [11]; [3, 33]; [viii, 4, 29]
a noun formed with that affix, [Nir.]; [PārGṛ.]; [Gobh.]; [Pāṇ.]
cl. 6. P. kṛntáti, ep. also Ā. °te and cl. 1. P. kartati (perf. cakarta, 2nd fut. kartsyati or kartiṣyati, 1st fut. kartitā, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 57] ; Subj. kṛntát; aor. akartīt, Ved. 2. sg. akṛtas), to cut, cut in pieces, cut off, divide, tear asunder, destroy, [RV.]; [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. kartayati id., [Pañcat.] : Desid. cikartiṣati or cikṛtsati, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 57];
[cf. κείρω, κάρσις; Lith. kertu inf. kirsti, ‘to cut’; Slav. korjū, ‘to split’; Lat. curtus, culter; Hib. ceartaighim, ‘I prune, trim, cut’; cuirc, ‘a knife’.]
cl. 7. P. kṛṇátti (impf. 3. pl. ákṛntan), to twist threads, spin, [AV.]; [TS. ii]; [ŚBr. iii]; [MaitrS.] = [TāṇḍyaBr.] ([Nir. iii, 21]); to wind (as a snake), [AV. i, 27, 2] (pr. p. f. kṛntatī́); to surround, encompass, attire, [Dhātup. xxix, 10.]