kara

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[apte] a. (rā or rī) [karoti, kīryate anena iti, kṛ-kṝ-ap] (Mostly at the end of comp.) Who or what does, makes or causes &c; duḥkhaº, sukhaº, bhayaṃº &c. --raḥ 1 A hand; karaṃ vyādhunvatyāḥ piba- [Page0379-b+ 57] si ratisarvasvamadharaṃ Ś. 1. 24. --2 A ray of light, beam; yamuddhartuṃ pūṣā vyavasita ivālaṃbitakaraḥ V. 4. 34; also pratikūlatā- mupagate hi vidhau viphalatvameti bahusādhanatā. avalaṃbanāya dinabharturabhūnna...

[mw] mf (I, rarely A) n. (for 2., see p. 254, col. 3) (1. 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.; Pan5cat. &c 253,1 44037 mf (I, rarely A) n. helping, promoting RV. i, 116, 13 253,1 44037.1 m. the act of doing, making &c (ifc.; cf. īṣatkara, su-k, duṣ-k, &c) 253,1 44037.2 m. the doer, the hand RV. x, 67,...

[mw] m. (for 1., see p. 253, col. 1) (kṝ), a ray of light, sunbeam, moonbeam R.; Megh.; Pan5cat. &c 254,3 44366 m. hail L. 254,3 44366.1 m. royal revenue, toll, tax, tribute, duty Mn.; Ya1jn5.; MBh. &c 030266 254,3 44366.2 m. (kara-graha; for, see p. 253, col. 2) levying or gathering taxes 254,3 44367

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a. (rā or rī) [karoti, kīryate anena iti, kṛ-kṝ-ap] (Mostly at the end of comp.) Who or what does, makes or causes &c; duḥkhaº, sukhaº, bhayaṃº &c. --raḥ 1 A hand; karaṃ...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

24

Texts Appeared In

11

DCS: name of a Sāman | Monier-Williams: a kind of bird, L.

Semantic Classification

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Concordance (Sample)

• Kaiyadevanighaṇṭu surface: kārā

  nānādhātumayī kārā vālukā sikatā matā

• Liṅgapurāṇa surface: kārā

  urvaśyādyā mayā nītā nāryaḥ kārāgṛhāntaram

• Liṅgapurāṇa surface: kārā

  bandīkṛtān visarjyātha kārāgṛhanivāsinaḥ