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Kara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kara (कर):—1. (von 1. kar)

1) adj. thuend, ausführend, bereitend [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 2, 2.] Am Ende eines comp. machend, bewirkend; f. ī [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 20. fgg.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 47.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 5.] anudvegakara [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 47.] buddhivṛddhi [4, 19.] atuṣṭi [217.] sattvavṛddhi [259.] śreyaskara [5, 136.] vaira [9, 227.] pitta [Suśruta 1, 219, 14.] balavarṇa [246, 18.] mārdava [156, 2.] nidrā, śīta [176, 3.] ayaśaskarī [Hiḍimbavadha 3, 18.] paśuvṛddhikarī [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 212.] [Pañcatantra III, 82.] saṃpatkarī [IV, 36.] setubhedakarī [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 278.] vibhramakarī [Sāhityadarpana 41, 13.] antakarā (!) [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 43, 28.] śaṃkarā [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 14, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.] Häufig in comp. mit einem acc. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 43. fg.]; vgl. abhayaṃkara, ubhayaṃkara, ṛtiṃkara, kiṃkara, kṣemaṃkara, khajaṃkara, priyaṃkara, bhayaṃkara, madraṃkara, meghaṃkara, vaśaṃkara . Alle diese compp. sind oxytona, desgleichen die mit advv. zusammengesetzten satrākara und divākara; dagegen sutekara beim Opfer thätig. —

2) m. a) Hand (die vor Allem thätige) [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 166.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 591.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 399.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 12.] (valam) ka.eṇeva.vi cakartā.raveṇa [Ṛgveda 10, 67, 6.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 136.] [Indralokāgamana 2, 25.] [Mahābhārata 3, 374.] [Daśaratha’s Tod 1, 32.] [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 6, 19.] [Suśruta 1, 109, 10. 115, 17.] [Hitopadeśa I, 168.] [Śākuntala 22. 140.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 31.] dakṣiṇe tāṃ kare subhruṃ sundo jagrāha pāṇinā [Sundopasundopākhyāna 4, 12.] tasyā jagrāha karam (bei der Hochzeit) [Kathāsaritsāgara 16, 79.] mumoca ca katodvāhaḥ karādvatseśvaro vadhūm [82.] karasaṃpīḍanaṃ kṛtvā [Mahābhārata 2, 904.] prasāritakara [Hitopadeśa I, 46.] proddhṛte dakṣiṇe kare [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 49.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 845.] karadhṛta [Meghadūta 12.] karagrāhaṃ (absol.) gṛhṇāti, karavartaṃ vartayati [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 39,] [Scholiast] karakamala [Ṛtusaṃhāra 3, 23.] karakaṃjasaṃpuṭa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 11, 2.] karasāda das Erschlaffen der Hände (zugleich auch das Mattwerden der Strahlen) [Pañcatantra I, 194.] karapādadataḥ (gen. sg.) der Hände, Füsse und Zähne [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 219.] Als Längenmaass ist die Hand = 24 Daumenbreiten [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 887. 134.] [Algebra 2.] — b) die Hand des Elephanten ist sein Rüssel [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1224.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Nalopākhyāna] [?(BOPP) 13, 12. Mahābhārata 1, 8153. Hitopadeśa 41, 16.] gajakara [Mahābhārata 3, 374.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 52, 32.] karikara [Pañcatantra III, 235.]

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Kara (कर):—2. (wie eben) m. das Machen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 57,] [Scholiast] Am Ende einiger adj. compp.: īṣatkara und sukara leicht zu vollbringen, duṣkara schwer zu vollbringen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 126. 2, 3, 69. 6, 2, 139.] īṣadāḍhyaṃkara leicht reich zu machen [3, 3, 127, Scholiast]

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Kara (कर):—3. (von 2. kar) adj. andächtig: ajohavīnnāsatyā ka.ā vāṃ ma.e yāmanpurubhujā.puraṃdhiḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 116, 13.] [Sāyaṇa] identif. das Wort mit 1. kara 1. und hält die Form für einen du.

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Kara (कर):—4. (von 3. kar) m.

1) Lichtstrahl [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 35. 3, 4, 2, 19. 25, 166.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 100.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 399.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 12.] dinakaraḥ karaistāpayate jagat [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 11, 44.] [Meghadūta 40.] sūryakara [Pañcatantra 37, 20.] pūṣakara [Gedicht vom Vogel Cātaka 7.] arkakara [Devīmāhātmya 10, 13.] himakarakara [Dhūrtasamāgama 92, 7.] daśaśatakaradhārī (vidhuḥ) ad [Hitopadeśa I, 17.] karasāda das Mattwerden der Strahlen (und auch der Hände) [Pañcatantra I, 194.] karasahasra (Strahl und Hand) [Śiśupālavadha 9, 6.] Vgl. uṣṇakara und kiraṇa . —

2) Hagel [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Vgl. karaka [2.] —

3) Abgabe, Tribut [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 27. 3, 4, 25, 166. 26, 197.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 745.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] rāṣṭre kalpayetsatataṃ karān [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 128.] tathālpālpo grahītavyo rāṣṭrādrājñābdikaḥ karaḥ [129.] yasmādgṛhṇātyasau karān [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 336.] haretkaraṃ rāṣṭrāt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 305.] ya uddharetkaraṃ rājā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 21, 23.] karahāra adj. [20, 14.] mriyamāṇo pyādadīta na rājā śrotriyātkaram [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 133. 8, 307.] karaṃ tebhya upādāya [Mahābhārata 2, 1113.] karastasmai pradīyatām [1007.] kṣaumājināni divyāni tasya te pradaduḥ karam [1053.] [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 58.] baṇijo dāpayetkarān [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 127. 137. 8, 394.] [Mahābhārata 3, 15239. fg.] karamāhārayiṣyāmi rājñā sarvān [2, 985. 1101.] jārāsaṃdhiṃ sāntvayitvā kare ca viniveśya [1092.] gṛhapatisakara wovon der Hausherr Abgabe erhebt [Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, 19],a.

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Kāra (कार):—1. (von 1. kar)

1) adj. f. ī am Ende eines comp. machend, verfertigend, arbeitend; subst. Verfertiger, Verfasser [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 23.] Vgl. ausser den daselbst aufgezählten compp. agadaṃkāra, andhakāra, ayaskāra, kaṇṭakīkārī, karmakāra, kumbhakāra, granthakāra, carmakāra, jyākāra, brahmakāra, rathakāra, suvarṇakāra, sūpakāra, hemakāra u. s. w. anyonyasya priyakārau [Sundopasundopākhyāna 1, 5.] yajñakāro (in der Absicht ein Opfer zu vollführen) gamiṣyāmi [Mahābhārata 13, 2269.] vārttikakāra der Verfasser der Vārttika [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 3, 5,] [Scholiast] dhvanikāra [Sāhityadarpana 5, 8.] —

2) m. a) That, Handlung; s. kāmakāra, puruṣakāra, balātkāra . — b) Laut, flexionsloses Wort, insbes. eine Interjection: akāra der Laut a, kakāra u.s.w. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 108, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 3.] [Prātiśākhya] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 76. 125.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 43, 35.] naḥkāra [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 8, 21.] evakāra [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 58,] [Scholiast 6, 1, 80,] [Scholiast] tukāra [Durgadāsa] zu [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 2, 45.] Vgl. oṃkāra, phūtkāra, vaṣaṭkāra, svadhākāra, svāhākāra, hantakāra, hāhākāra, hiṃkāra, hūṃkāra u. s. w. — Hierher gehören noch folg. Bedd. der Lexicogrr.: c) Anstrengung (yatna) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] Wohl aus puruṣakāra geschlossen. — d) Entscheidung, Beschluss (niścaya). — e) = yati diess. religious austerity [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] — f) Gemahl [Śabdaratnāvalī] Beruht vielleicht nur auf einer Verwechselung von pati mit yati . —

3) f. kārī Name einer Pflanze, = kārikā, kāryā, kaṭupatrikā, girijā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — kārā s. besonders.

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Kāra (कार):—3. (von 3. kar) m. Abgabe, Tribut (vgl. 4. kara [3.]) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 400.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 13.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 10.]

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Kāra (कार):—4. (von 4. kar) m. Mord, Todtschlag [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 400.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 13.]

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Kāra (कार):—5. (von 4. kara 2.)

1) adj. aus Hagel entstanden: tatrāntarīkṣaṃ (salilaṃ) caturvidham tadyathā . dhāraṃ kāraṃ tauṣāraṃ haimamiti [Suśruta 1, 170, 1.] —

2) m. ein in Schnee gehüllter Berg [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 400.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 13.] — Vgl. [2.] kāraka .

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Kārā (कारा):—f. gaṇa vṛṣādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 203.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 191.]

1) Gefängniss [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 87.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 335.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 806.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 400.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 14.] [Hārāvalī 199.] [Vikramorvaśī 42, v. l.] Vgl. kārāgāra, kārāgṛha, kārāpāla, kārāveśman. kārā = bandhana das Binden, Fesseln oder Fessel gaṇa bhidādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 104.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = pīḍā Qual [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] —

2) Dämpfer an der Vīṇā. —

3) Botin. —

4) Goldarbeiterin [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]

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Kara (कर):—1.

2) c) Scheere eines Krebses [Hitopadeśa 114, 14.] — d) das Nakṣatra Hasta [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 71, 9.]

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Kāra (कार):—1.

1) vgl. noch bidalakārī . —

2) b) ṅa, ka, ṭa u.s.w. [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 4, 6.] [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 37. 4, 57. fg.] iti [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 11, 13. 15.] ayāṭkāra [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 7, 3, 12.] kurvanniḍividākāram [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 19, 9.] — g) Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit [Oxforder Handschriften 338,b,31.]

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Kārā (कारा):—

1) [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 198, 9.] stha [Kathāsaritsāgara 118, 186.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kara (कर):—1. —

1) Adj. (f. ī , ausnahmsweise ā) — a) thuend , ausführend , bereitend , machend , bewirkend. Meist in Comp. mit seinem Object. — b) helfend [Ṛgveda (roth). 1,116,13.] —

2) m. — a) das Thun , Machen , Vollbringen in duṣkara , sukara u.s.w. — b) Hand. — c) als Längenmaass = 24 Daumenbreiten. — d) Rüssel. — e) Scheere eines Krebses. — f) Bez. der Zahl zwei [Indische studien von Weber 15,2.] — g) das Mondhaus Hasta.

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Kara (कर):—2. m. —

1) Lichtstrahl. —

2) Abgabe , Tribut. —

3) *Hagel.

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Kāra (कार):—1. —

1) Adj. (f. ī) am Ende eines Comp. machend , vollbringend , ausführend , verursachend , anfertigend , bereitend , veranstaltend , vollführend , begehend ; Subst. Verfertiger , Bewirker , Bildner , Verfasser u.s.w. yajñakāro gamiṣyāmi so v.a. ein Opfer zu vollführen beabsichtigend. —

2) m. — a) am Ende eines Comp. That , Handlung. — b) am Ende eines Comp. Laut , flexionsloses Wort , insbes. eine Interjection [Prātiśākhya 22,4.] — c) *Anstrengung. — d) *Entscheidung , Beschluss. — e) * = yati — f) *Gemahl ( pati). —

3) *f. ī eine best. Pflanze [Rājan 8,65.] — kārā s. bes.

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Kāra (कार):—2. m. Lobgesang , Preislied ; Schlachtgesang.

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Kāra (कार):—3. m. = ^2. kara Abgabe , Tribut.

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Kāra (कार):—4. m. Mord , Todtschlag.

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Kāra (कार):—5. —

1) Adj. aus Hagel entstanden. —

2) *m. ein in Schnee gehüllter Berg.

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Kārā (कारा):—f. —

1) Gefängniss. —

2) *Qual , Marter. —

3) *Dämpfer an der Vīṇā. —

4) *Botin. —

5) *Goldarbeiterin. —

6) *ein best. Vogel. [Galano's Wörterbuch]

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