kāra कार – maker; agent; smith; act; action
adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter
substantive masculine
maker; agent; smith; act; action
substantive neuter
sound; making
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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†kāra ·f. ī1 (--°) making, doing, performing, causing; m. maker, author; sound, word.
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kārá2 ·m. hymn, battle-song.
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · substantive masculine
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kāra 1 . kāra, as, ī, am (fr. rt. 1. kṛ), at the end of a compound = making, doing, working; who or what does any act, an agent, a maker or doer, an author (e. g. kumbha-kāra, as, m. a potter, a maker of earthen vessels; suvarṇa-kāra, a gold- smith; yajña-kāra, one who performs a sacrifice; vārttika-kāra, the author of the Vārttikas); (as), m. act, action (e. g. kāma-kāra, puruṣa-kāra, &c.); the term used in designating a sound or a word which is not inflected (e. g. a-kāra, the sound a; ka-kāra, the sound k; eva-kāra, the word eva; phūt-kāra, the sound phūt; cf. karaṇa, p. 205); effort, exertion; determination; religious austerity; a husband, a master, a lord; (ī), f., N. of a plant, = kā- rikā, kāryā, &c.
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kāra 2 . kāra, as, m. (fr. 1. kṝ, to scatter), tax, toll, royal revenue, tribute; (as, ī, am, fr. 2. kara), produced by hail; (as), m. a heap of snow or a mountain covered with it.
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kāra 3 . kāra, as, m. (fr. 2. kṛ, to praise), Ved. a song or hymn of praise, a battle-song.
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kāra 4 . kāra, as, m. (fr. 2. kṝ, to kill), killing, slaughter.
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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1. kāra (von 1. kar) 1〉 adj. f. ī am Ende eines comp. machend, verfertigend, arbeitend; subst. Verfertiger, Verfasser P. 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. anyo'nyasya priyakārau SUND. 1,5. yajñakāro (in der Absicht ein Opfer zu vollführen) gamiṣyāmi MBH. 13,2269. vārttikakāra der Verfasser der Vārttika P. 8,3,5, Sch. dhvanikāra SĀH. D. 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. P. 3,3,108, Vārtt. 3. PRĀT. M. 2,76. M. 2,125. R. 3,43,35. naḥkāra ṚV. PRĀT. 8,21. evakāra P. 5,3,58, Sch. P. 6,1,80, Sch. tukāra DURGAD._zu_VOP. 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) H. an. MED. ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. Wohl aus puruṣakāra geschlossen. — d〉 Entscheidung, Beschluss (niścaya). — e〉 = yati diess. religious austerity WILS. — f〉 Gemahl ŚABDAR. Beruht vielleicht nur auf einer Verwechselung von pati mit yati. — 3〉 f. kārī N. einer Pflanze, = kārikā, kāryā, kaṭupatrikā, girijā RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — kārā s. besonders.
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5. kāra (von 4. kara 2.) 1〉 adj. aus Hagel entstanden: tatrāntarīkṣaṃ (salilaṃ) caturvidham tadyathā . dhāraṃ kāraṃ tauṣāraṃ haimamiti SUŚR. 1,170,1. — 2〉 m. ein in Schnee gehüllter Berg H. an. 2,400. MED. r. 13. — Vgl. 2. kāraka.
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2. kārá (von 2. kar) m. Lobgesang, Preislied; Schlachtgesang: taṃ tvā̱ -bhaga̱ṃ na kā̱re dhī̀mahi ṚV. 1,141,10. bhago̱ na kā̱re havyò matī̱nām ṚV. 3,49,3. pa̱śvayàntrāso a̱bhi kā̱ramàrcan ṚV. 4,1,14. kā̱raṃ na viśvè ahvanta de̱vā bhara̱mindrā̀ya̱ yadahìṃ ja̱ghānà ṚV. 5,29,8. ca̱karthà kā̱ramèbhya̱ḥ pṛtànāsu̱ pravàntave ṚV. 1,131,5. ṚV. 1,112,1. jayèma kā̱re kā̱riṇàḥ ṚV. 8,21,12. ṚV. 9,14,1. ṚV. 10,53,11.
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3. kāra (von 3. kar) m. Abgabe, Tribut (vgl. 4. kara 3.) H. an. 2,400. MED. r. 13. P. 6,3,10.
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4. kāra (von 4. kar) m. Mord, Todtschlag H. an. 2,400. MED. r. 13.
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1. kāra 1〉 vgl. noch bidalakārī. — 2〉b〉 ṅa˚, ka˚, ṭa˚ u. s. w. ṚV. PRĀT. 4,6. VS. PRĀT. 1,37. VS. PRĀT. 4,57. fg. iti˚ ṚV. PRĀT. 11,13. ṚV. PRĀT. 11,15. ayāṭkāra ŚAT. BR. 1,7,3,12. kurvanniḍividākāram BHĀG. P. 9,19,9. — g〉 N. pr. einer Oertlichkeit Verz. d. Oxf. H. 338,b,31.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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1. kāra — 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 TS. PRĀT. 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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5. kāra — 1〉 Adj. aus Hagel entstanden. — 2〉 *m. ein in Schnee gehüllter Berg.
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2. kārá m. Lobgesang, Preislied; Schlachtgesang.
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3. *kāra m. = 2. kara Abgabe, Tribut.
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4. *kāra m. Mord, Todtschlag.
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2. kāra II. DIVYĀVAD. 133,17. DIVYĀVAD. 166,26. DIVYĀVAD. 289,6. DIVYĀVAD. 329,20. [Nachtrag, Band 7]
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2. kārá II. Vgl. GELDNER, Vedische Studien 119. fgg. [Nachtrag, Band 7]
Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine
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kāra a. (rī f.) [kṛ-ghañ] (At the end of comp.) Making, doing, performing, working, maker, doer, author; graṃthakāraḥ author; kuṃbhakāraḥ, suvarṇakāra &c. &c. — raḥ 1 Act, action; as in puruṣakāra. 2 A term denoting a sound or a word which is not inflected; as akāra Ms. 2. 76, Ms. 2. 125; kakāra, phūtkāra &c. 3 Effort, exertion; Śi. 19. 27. 4 Religious austerity. 5 A husband, lord; master. 6 Determination. 7 Power, strength. 8 A tax or toll. 9 A heap of snow. 10 The Himālaya mountain. 11 Water produced by hail. 12 Killing, slaughter. Comp. — avaraḥ a man of a mixed and low caste, born from a ([Page 0396-b]) Niṣāda father and Vaidehī mother; cf. Ms. 10. 36. — kara a. working, acting as agent. — bhūḥ a toll-station.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
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kāra f. ī (—˚) machend, volibringend, bereitend; m. Macher, Verfertiger, Verfasser; (—˚) That, Handlung; Laut, Wort (g.).
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
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kāra kāra m. kārī f. (kṛ) à la fin des composés, signifie 1° qui fait la chose exprimée par l'autre partie du mot: kumbhakāra un faiseur de pots, un potier; ahaṅkāra le principe qui fait ou qui dit moi, le moi, la personnalité; 2° la chose faite: andhakāra la cécité; cukkāra le rugissement du lion; 3° la chose exprimée par le resie du mot: oṃkāra le monosyllabe oṃ; akāra, kakāra, la lettre a, la lettre ka, etc. — S. m. acte, œuvre, effort; œuvre pieuse, le Sacrilice, cf. karman; action guerrière, combat, massacre, meurtre. Impôt, revenu du trésor royal, cf. kara m. et karaka. Maître. seigneur. Monceau de neige, montagne neigeuse, cf. kara grêle. — S. f. kārā attache, emprisonnement; prison; cf. lat. carcer. Peine, affliction, cf. karuṇā. Ouvrière, surtout ouvrière qui travaille. l'or. Messagère. La partie d'un luth qui est au-dessous du manche.
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DYS 1 occurrence
GoS 2 occurrences
HP 3 occurrences
SiSa 1 occurrence
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