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Entry कर्तृ

कर्तृkartṛa.or s. [कृ-तृच्] कर्ताहमिति मन्यते Bg.3.27.
1. or s. कृ-तृच् कर्ताहमिति मन्यते Bg.3.27.
2. A doer, one who does, makes, performs etc., an agent; वंशस्यdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied R.2.64; व्याकरणस्य कर्ता author of Grammar ऋणस्य कर्ता one who incurs debt; हितकर्ता a benefactor; सुवर्णकर्ता a goldsmith etc.
3. (In Grammar) An agent (the meaning of the instrumental case).
4. The Supreme Spirit.
5. An epithet of Brahmā.
6. Name of Viṣṇu and Śiva also.
7. A priest.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अभिप्राय Adjective (ParasmaipadaI.3.72) accruing to the agent.
- -वाच्यः the active voice.
In the Gita3·24 3·27 18·14 18·18 18·19 18·26 18·27 18·28 4·13 14·19+1

सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ॥

saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ. — These peoples would sink to destruction if I did not work and I should be the creator of confusion and slay these creatures. 3·24
- कर्ताkartānominative singular of the masculine noun kartṛ (the doer).
- कर्तारम्kartāramaccusative singular of the masculine noun kartṛ (the doer).
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