kartṛ कर्तृ – maker

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kartṛ́ ·m. doer, accomplisher, creator, author, officiating priest; making, causing, working at (--°); facturus; the agent or spontaneous performer of an action (g.).

Original text · English · adjective

Kartṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, a doer, a maker, one who makes or does, an agent, one who practises what he knows; one who acts in a religious ceremony, a priest; (very often at the end of compounds, e. g. bhaya-kartṛ, rājya-kartṛ, &c.); (tā), m. the creator of the world, an epithet of Brahmā, of Viṣṇu, and of Śiva; (in gram.) an agent, one who acts of his own accord (sva-tantraḥ), the active noun, the nominative case.

Original text · English · adjective

kartṛ a. or s. [kṛ-tṛc] 1 A doer, one who does, makes, performs &c., an agent; vaṃśasya˚ R. 2. 64; vyākaraṇasya kartā author; ṛṇasya kartā one who incurs debt; hitakartā a benefactor; suvarṇakartā a goldsmith &c. 2 (In gram.) An agent (the meaning of the instrumental case). 3 The Supreme spirit. 4 An epithet of Brahmā. 5 N. of Viṣṇu and Śiva also. 6 A priest. Comp. — abhiprāya a. accruing to the agent. — vācyaḥ the active voice.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kartṛ kartṛ m. (kṛ; sfx. tṛ) agent [par oppos. à karman l'œuvre, et à karaṇa l'instrument, l'organe]; celui qui fait qqc. Le principe actif, l'agent suprême, Brahmā [synonyme de ādikartṛ]. [Page145-2] kartṛtva n. (sfx. tva) activité, qualité ou état de ce qui est agent: kāyakāraṇakartṛtve hetus prakṛtir ucyate la cause de l'activité contenue dans l'acte corporel est appelée nature.