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Entry करुण

करुणkaruṇaa.Tender, pathetic, pitiable, exciting pity, mournful; करुणध्वनिः V.1; Śi.9.67; विकलकरुणैरार्यचरितैः U.1.28.
[करोति मनः आनुकूल्याय, कृ-उनन् Tv.]

Tender, pathetic, pitiable, exciting pity, mournful; करुणध्वनिः V.1; Śi.9.67; विकलकरुणैरार्यचरितैः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.28.
Derived forms and compounds
- -णः
  
  Pity, compassion, tenderness.
  
  Pathetic sentiment, grief, sorrow (as one of the 8 or 9 sentiments); पुट- पाकप्रतीकाशो रामस्य करुणो रसः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.1,13;7.12; विलपन्... करुणार्थग्रथितं प्रियां प्रति R.8.7.
  
  The Supreme Being.
  
  A Jaina saint.
- -णम् Vedic An action, a holy or sacred rite. स विश्वस्य करुणस्येश एको Rv.1.1.7; ममेदु- कर्मन् करुणेऽधि जाया Av.12.3.47. Indeclinable mournfully, woefully; अधस्ताच्छिंशपामूले साध्वी करुणमास्थिता Rām.5.59.21.
- -मल्ली the Mallikā plant.
- -विप्रलम्भः (in Rhet.) the feeling of love in separation.
In the Gita12·13

अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च ।

adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca, — He who has no egoism, no I-ness and my-ness, who has friendship and pity for all beings and hate for no living thing, who has a tranquil equality to… 12·13
- करुणःkaruṇaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the adjective karuṇa (one who is compassionate).
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