आढ्यंकरण

karaṇḍa

a bee-hive, honey-comb L. ;
m. a sword L. ;
a sort of duck L. ;
a species of plant (= dalāḍhaka) L. ;
(am) n. a piece of wood, block Bhpr. ;
- करण्डफलक
- करण्डव्यूह
- करण्डक
- करण्डकनिवाप
- करण्डकवत्

කරණ karaNa karaṇa n

කරණ්ඩක karaNDaka karaṇḍaka m

කරණීය karaNiiya karaṇīya adj

කරණීයතා karaNiiyataa karaṇīyatā f

káraṇa

mf (ī)n. doing, making, effecting, causing (esp. ifc.;
cf. antakaraṇa, ushṇaṉ-k-, etc.) R. etc.;
clever, skilful RV. I, 119, 7 ;
m. a helper, companion AV. VI, 46, 2; XV, 5, 1-6; XIX, 57, 3 ;
a man of a mixed class (the son of an outcast Kshatriya Mn. X, 22 ;
orﾠ the son of a Ṡūdra woman by a Vaiṡya Yājñ. I, 92 ;
orﾠ the son of a Vaiṡya woman by a Kshatriya MBh. I, 2446; 4521 ;
the occupation of this class is writing, accounts etc.) a writer, scribe W. ;
(in Gr.) a sound orﾠ word as an independent part of speech ( orﾠ as separated from the context;
in this sense usually n.) Kāṡ. on Pāṇ. 3-1, 41 Pat. Comm. on RPrāt. ;
(in mus.) a kind of time Kum. VI, 40 ;
(ī) f. a woman of the above mixed tribe Yājñ. I, 95 ;
(with sutā) an adopted daughter R. (ed. Gorr.) I, 19, 9 ;
(in arithm.) a surd orﾠ irrational number, surd root;
the side of a square Ṡulbas. Comm. on VS. ;
a particular measure Comm. on KātyṠr. ;
a particular position of the fingers;
(am) n. the act of making, doing, producing, effecting ṠBr. MBh. etc. (very often ifc. e.g.. mushṭi-k-, virūpa-k-);
an act, deed RV. ;
an action (esp. a religious one) Yājñ. I, 250 R. ;
the special business of any tribe orﾠ caste L. ;
a calculation (esp. an astronomical one) VarBṛS. ;
an astrological division of the day (these Karaṇas are eleven, viz. vava, valava, kaulava, taitila, gara, vaṇija, vishṭi, ṡakuni, catushpada, kintughna, andﾠ nāga, two being equal to a lunar day;
the first seven are called a-dhruvāṇi orﾠ movable, andﾠ fill, eight times repeated, the space from the second half of the first day in the moon's increase to the first half of the fourteenth day in its wane;
the four others are dhruvāṇi orﾠ fixed, andﾠ occupy the four half-days from the second half of the fourteenth day in the wane of the moon to the first half of the first day in its increase) VarBṛS. Suṡr. etc.;
pronunciation, articulation, APrāt. ;
(in Gr.) a sound orﾠ word as an independent part of speech, separated from its context Pāṇ. Kāṡ. etc., ( karaṇa may be used in this way like kāra e.g.. iti-karaṇa ṠāṇkhṠr.);
the posture of an ascetic;
a posture in sexual intercourse;
instrument, means of action ṠvetUp. Yājñ. Megh. ;
an organ of sense orﾠ of speech VPrāt. PārGṛ. ;
(in law) an instrument, document, bond Mn. VIII, 51; 52; 154 ;
(in Gr.) the means orﾠ instrument by which an action is effected, the idea expressed by the instrumental case, instrumentality
Pāṇ. 1-4, 42; II, 3, 18; III, 2, 45 ;
cause (= kāraṇa);
a spell, charm Kathās. (cf. karaṇa-prayoga);
rhythm, time Kum. ;
body Megh. Kum. Kād. ;
N. of a treatise of Varāha-mihira on the motion of the planets;
of a work belonging to the Ṡiva-darṡana;
a field L. ;
the mind, heart W. (cf. antaḥ-karaṇa);
grain W.

karaṇâ̱ṭṭa

karaṇâ̱dhikāra

karaṇâ̱dhipa

the god presiding over each sense (e.g.. the sun is the lord of the eye etc.) T.

karaṇâ̱bda

karaṇi

form, aspect Bālar. etc.

karaṇin

(ī) m. N. of a teacher

karaṇīya

karaṇḍaka

karaṇḍaka-nivāpa

karaṇḍaka-vat