Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

karin करिन् – causing; making

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

causing; making

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

karin ·m. °ṇī f. an elephant (lit. having a trunk).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Karin, ī, m. ‘having a trunk,’ an elephant; (ṇī), f. a female elephant.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

karin (von kara Rüssel) m. Elephant AK. 2,8,2,2. H. 1217. N. 13,8. MBH. 1,8153. ŚĀNTIŚ. 1,22. PAÑCAT. II, 73. PAÑCAT. II,III, 235. RAGH. 3,3. RAGH. 3,37. BHĀG. P. 8,2,22. kariśāvaka m. ein Elephantenkalb AK. 2,8,2,3. TRIK. 2,8,36. karipota m. dass. HALĀY._im_ŚKDR. karigarjita n. das Gebrüll eines Elephanten AK. 2,8,2,76. kariṇī Elephantenweibchen AK. 2,8,2,4. AK. 3,4,14,78. AK. 2,8,28,219. AK. 1,1,2,6. TRIK. 2,8,35. HĀR. 52. BHARTṚ. 3,82. VIKR. 64,12. KATHĀS. 13,17. BHĀG. P. 4,9,53. BHĀG. P. 8,2,31.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

karin — 1〉 *Adj. machend, verfertigend Chr. 239,7. — 2〉 m. Elephant. — 3〉 f. ˚ṇī — a〉 Elephantenweibchen. — b〉 = kareṇu 2〉c〉 MĀṆḌ. ŚIKṢĀ. 9,12.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

karin m. [kara-ini] 1 An elephant. 2 The number ‘8’ (in Math.). Comp. — iṃdraḥ, -īśvaraḥ, -varaḥ a large elephant, lordly elephant; sadādānaḥ parikṣīṇaḥ śasta eva karīśvaraḥ Pt. 2. 70; dūrīkṛtāḥ karivareṇa madāṃdhabuddhyā Nītipr. 2. — kuṃbhaḥ the frontal globe of an elephant; Bv. 2. 177. — kusuṃbhaḥ a fragrant powder of nāgakeśara. — garjitaṃ the roaring of an elephant (bṛṃhitaṃ karigarjitaṃ Ak.) — daṃtaḥ ivory. — dārakaḥ a lion. — nāsikā a musical instrument. — paḥ an elephant-driver. — potaḥ, -śāvaḥ — śāvakaḥ a cub, young elephant. — baṃdhaḥ a column to which an elephant is tied. — mācalaḥ a lion. — mukhaḥ an epithet of Gaṇeśa. — yādas n., ([Page 0381-a]) a water-elephant. — vara = ˚iṃdra q. v. — vaijayaṃtī a flag carried by an elephant. — skaṃdhaḥ a herd or troop of elephants.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

karin (*thuend, machend, mit Gen.); m. Elefant, f. ˚ṇī Elefantenweibchen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

karin karin m. (kara trompe) éléphant. — kariṇī f. femelle d'éléphant. karipippalī f. [poivre d'éléphant] pothos officinalis, bot. karipota m. (pota) jeune éléphant [au-dessous de 9 ans]. karibandha m. (bandh) stalle d'éléphant, lieu où on l'attache. karimācala m. (mac) lion. karimukha m. Gaṇeśa [qui a un visage d'éléphant].

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 2.34-2.36: Naulī and Kapālabhātī 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

Continue with AYI Free

Image source: AYI archive.