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1. कर्मन्karmanaccording to action or any particular office.

   1. according to action or any particular office.
   2. according to actions done in a previous existence.

   Derived forms and compounds

   • -अनुष्ठानम् practising one's duties.

   • -अनुसारः consequence of, or conformity to, acts.

   • -अन्तः

     1. the end of any business or task.
     2. a work, business, execution of business.
     3. a barn, a store of grain etc. Ms.7.62 (कर्मान्तः इक्षुधान्यादिसंग्रहस्थानम् Kull.)
     4. cultivated ground.
     5. a worker; कच्चिन्न सर्वे कर्मान्ताः Rām.2.1.52.

   • कर्मन् karman

     1. -Masculine Viśvakarmā; शक्रस्य नु सभा दिव्या भास्वरा कर्मनिर्मिता Mb.2.7.1. -Neuter कृ-मनिन् Uṇ.4.144
     2. Action, work, deed.
     3. Execution, performance; प्रीतोऽस्मि सोऽहं यद् भुक्तं वनं तैः कृतकर्मभिः Rām.5.63.3.
     4. Business, office, duty; संप्रति विषवैद्यानां कर्म M.4.
     5. A religious rite (it may be either नित्य, नैमित्तिक or काम्य).
     6. A specific action, moral duty.
     7. (a) Performance of religious rites as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of Brahman (Opposite of ज्ञान); अपरो दहृने स्वकर्मणां ववृते R.8.2. (b) Labour, work.
     8. Product, result.
     9. A natural or active property (as support of the earth).
     10. Fate, the certain consequence of acts done in a former life; कर्मायत्तं फलं पुंसां बुद्धिः कर्मानुसारिणी Bh.2.89,94.
     11. (In Grammar) The object of of an action; कर्तुरीप्सिततमं कर्म ParasmaipadaI.4.49.
     12. (In Vaiś. Phil.) Motion considered as one of the seven categories of things; (thus defined: एकद्रव्यमगुणं संयोगविभागेष्वनपेक्षकारणं कर्म Vaiś. Sūtra. (It is five-fold: उत्क्षेपणं ततोऽवक्षेपणमाकुञ्चनं तथा । प्रसारणं च गमनं कर्माण्येतानि पञ्च च ॥ Bhāṣā Parasmaipada6.)
     13. Organ of sense. प्रजापतिर्ह कर्माणि ससृजे Bṛi. Up.1.5.21.
     14. Organ of action; कर्माणि कर्मभिः कुर्वन् Bhāg.11.3.6.
     15. (In Astr.) The tenth lunar mansion.
     16. Practice, training; सर्वेषां कर्मणा वीर्यं जवस्तेजश्च वर्धते Kau. Atmanepada 2.2.

   • -अक्षम Adjective incapable of doing anything.

   • -अङ्गम् part of any act; part of a sacrificial rite (as प्रयाज of the Darśa sacrifice).

   • -अधिकारः the right of performing religious rites.

   • -अनुरूप

     1. Adjective च(चा)ण्डालः 'base in deed', a man of very low acts or deeds; Vasiṣṭha mentions these kinds: असूयकः पिशुनश्च कृतघ्नो दीर्घरोषकः । चत्वारः कर्मचाण्डाला जन्मतश्चापि पञ्चमः ॥
     2. one who commits an atrocious deed; अपूर्वकर्मचण्डालमयि मुग्धे विमुच्च माम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.46.
     3. Name of Rāhu.

   • -चेष्टा active exertion, action. कर्मचेष्टास्वहः Ms.1.66.

   • -चोदना

     1. The motive impelling one to ritual acts. ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना Bg.18.18.
     2. any positive rule enjoining a religious act.

   • -च्छेदः The loss caused by absence on duty; Kau. Atmanepada 2.7.

   • -जः Adjective resulting from an act; सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा Bg.4.12. कर्मजा गतयो नॄणामुत्तमाधममध्यमाः Ms.12.3.

   • -करः

     1. a hired labourer (a servant who is not a slave); आ तस्य गोः प्रतिदानात् कर्मकारी आगबीनः कर्मकरः Mbh. on ParasmaipadaV.2.14. कर्मकराः स्थपत्यादयः Pt.1; Śi.14.16.
     2. Yama.

   • -कर्तृ Masculine (in Grammar) an agent who is at the same time the object of the action;Exempli gratia, for example पच्यते ओदनः, it is thus defined: क्रियमाणं तु यत्कर्म स्वयमेव प्रसिध्यति । सुकरैः स्वैर्गुणैः कर्तुः कर्मकर्तेति तद्विदुः ॥ न चान्तरेण कर्मकर्तारं सकर्मका अकर्मका भवन्ति Mbh. on ParasmaipadaI.3.27 -काण्डः, -ण्डम् that department of the Veda which relates to ceremonial acts and sacrificial rites and the merit arising from a due performance thereof.

   • -कारः

     1. one who does any business, a mechanic, artisan (technically a worker not hired).
     2. any labourer in general (whether hired or not).
     3. a black-smith; हरिणाक्षि कटाक्षेण आत्मानमवलोकय । न हि खङ्गो विजानाति कर्मकारं स्वकारणम् ॥ Udb.
     4. a bull.

   • -कारिन् Masculine a labourer, artisan, workman.

   • -कार्मुकः, -कम् a strong bow.

   • -कीलकः a washerman.

   • -कृत्यम् activity, the state of active exertion; यः प्रथमः कर्मकृत्याय जज्ञे Av.4.24.6.

   • -क्षम Adjective able to perform any work or duty; आत्मकर्मक्षमं देहं क्षात्रो धर्म इवाश्रितः R.1.13.

   • -क्षेत्रम् the land of religious acts, id est, that is भरतवर्ष; Bhāg.5.17.11. Compare कर्मभूमि.

   • -गतिः Feminine the course of fate; अथ कर्मगतिं चित्रां दृष्ट्वाऽस्य हसितं मया Ks.59.159.

   • -गृहीत Adjective caught in the very act (as a thief.).

   • -ग्रन्थिः Feminine a term in Jaina metaphysics connoting 'weakness in the form of वासनाs produced by अज्ञान'.

   • -घातः

     1. leaving off or suspending work.
     2. (जः) the holy fig-tree.
     3. the Kali age.
     4. the banian tree.
     5. the effect arising from human acts: संयोग, विभाग etc.
     6. heaven.
     7. hell.

   • -ज्ञ Adjective one acquainted with religious rites.

   • -त्यागः renunciation of worldly duties or ceremonial acts.

   • -दुष्ट Adjective corrupt in action, wicked, immoral, disrespectable.

   • -देवः a god through religious action; ये शतं गन्धर्वलोक आनन्दाः स एकः कर्मदेवानामानन्दः Bṛi. Up.4.3.33.

   • -दोषः

     1. sin, vice; अवेक्षेत गतीर्नॄणां कर्मदोष- समुद्भवाः Ms.6.61,95.
     2. an error, defect, or blunder (in doing an act); कर्मदोषैर्न लिप्यते Ms.1,14.
     3. evil consequence of human acts.
     4. discreditable conduct.

   • -धारयः Name of a compound, a subdivision of Tatpuruṣa, (in which the members of the compound are in apposition) तत्पुरुषः समानाधिकरणः कर्मधारयः ParasmaipadaI. 2.42. तत्पुरुष कर्म धारय येनाहं स्यां बहुव्रीहिः Udb.

   • -अन्तरम्

     1. difference or contrariety of action.
     2. penance, expiation.
     3. suspension of a religious action.
     4. another work or action; कर्मान्तर- नियुक्तासु निर्ममन्थ स्वयं दधि Bhāg.1.9.1.

   • -अन्तिक Adjective final. (-कः) a servant, workman, Rām.1.13.7.

   • -अपनुत्तिः Feminine removing, sending away of कर्म; जन्मकर्माप- नुत्तये Bhāg.12.2.17.

   • -अर्ह Adjective fit or suitable to an act or the rite. (-र्हः) a man.

   • -आख्या Feminine Name received from the act performed; तस्मात् छिन्नगमनोऽश्वोऽपि छाग इति कर्माख्या भविष्यति । ŚB. on MS.6.8.37.

   • -आजीवः one who maintains himself by some profession (as that of an artisan etc.) -आत्मन् Adjective endowed with the principles of action, active; कर्मात्मनां च देवानां सोऽसृजत्प्राणिनां प्रभुः Ms.1.22. (-Masculine) the soul.

   • -आयतनम् see कर्मेन्द्रियम्; शव्दः स्पर्शो रसो गन्धो रूपं चेत्यर्थजातयः । गत्युक्त्युत्सर्गशिल्पानि कर्मायतनसिद्धयः Bhāg.11.22.16.

   • -आशयः receptacle or accumulation of (good and evil) acts; निर्हृत्य कर्माशयमाशु याति परां गतिम् Bhāg.1.46.32.

   • -इन्द्रियम् an organ of action, as distinguished from ज्ञानेन्द्रिय; (they are: वाक्पाणिपादपायूपस्थानि; Ms.2.99; see under इन्द्रिय also) कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य Bg.3.6,7.

   • -उदारम् any valiant or noble act, magnanimity, prowess.

   • -उद्युक्त Adjective busy, engaged, active, zealous.

   • -ध्वंसः

     1. loss of fruit arising from religious acts.
     2. disappointment.

   • -नामन् (in Grammar) a participal noun.

   • -नामधेयम् Name of an act or sacrifice. These names are not arbitrary or technical such as गुण and वृद्धि but are always significant; सर्वेष्वेव कर्मनामधेयेषु अर्थसमन्वयेनानुवाद- भूतो नामशद्बो वर्तते, न लौकिकार्थतिरस्कारेण परिभाषामात्रेण वृद्धिगुणवत् ŚB. on MS.1.6.41.

   • -नाशा Name of a river between Kaśi and Bihar.

   • -निश्चयः a decision of action; न लेमे कर्मनिश्चयम् Bm.1.648.

   • -निषद्या a manufactory; Kau. Atmanepada 2.4.

   • -निष्ठ Adjective devoted to the performance of religious acts; अग्निर्वीरं श्रुत्यं कर्मनिष्ठाम् Rv.1.8.1; Ms.3.134.

   • -न्यासः renunciation of the result of religious acts.

   • -पथः

     1. the direction or source of an action.
     2. the path of religious rites (Opposite of ज्ञानमार्ग).

   • -पाकः ripening of actions, reward of actions done in a former life; Pt.1.372.

   • -प्रवचनीयः

     1. a term for certain prepositions, particles, or adverbs when they are not connected with verbs and govern a noun in some case; literally-the term means, 'Concerned with the setting forth of an action'. According to Indian grammarians it means 'that which spoke of an action (क्रियां प्रोक्तवन्तः)' Exempli gratia, for example आ in आ मुक्तेः संसारः is a कर्मप्रवचनीय; so अनु in जपमनु प्रावर्षत् etc.; कर्म प्रोक्तवन्तः कर्मप्रवचनीया इति Mbh. on ParasmaipadaI.4.83. Compare उपसर्ग, गति and निपात also.
     2. the land of religious rites, id est, that is भरतवर्ष, this world (a place for man's probation); प्राप्येमां कर्मभूमिम् Bh.2.1; K.174,319.
     3. ploughed ground.

   • -मासः the Calendar month of thirty days.

   • -मीमांसा the Mīmāṁsā of ceremonial acts; see मीमांसा.

   • -मूलम् a kind of sacred grass called कुश.

   • -युगम् the fourth (the present) age of the world, id est, that is the Kaliyuga.

   • -फलम्

     1. fruit or reward of actions done in a former life; (pain, pleasure); न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा Bg.4.14;5.12;6.1; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedफलत्याग Bg.12.11,18.2; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedफलत्यागिन् Bg.18.11; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedफलप्रेप्सुः Bg.18.27; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedफलसंयोग Bg.5.14; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedफलहेतु Bg.2.47. एवं संचिन्त्य मनसा प्रेत्य कर्मफलोदयम् Ms.11.231.
     2. the fruit of Averrhoa Carambola (Marâthî कर्मर); also कर्मरङ्ग.

   • -बन्धः, -बन्धनम् confinement to repeated birth, as the consequence of religious acts, good or bad (by which the soul is attached to worldly pleasures etc.); बुद्ध्या युक्तो यथा पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यति Bg.2.39.

   • -भूः, -भूमिः

     1. Feminine
     2. a religious person who has withdrawn from every kind of worldly act.
     3. an ascetic who performs religious deeds without looking to their reward.

   • -साक्षिन् Masculine

   • -योगः

     1. performance of actions, worldly and religious rites; कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् Bg.3.3;3.7;5.2;13.24.
     2. active exertion, industry; Ms.1.115.

   • -वचनम् (with Buddhists) the ritual.

   • -वज्रः an epithet of a Śūdra.

   • -वशः fate considered as the inevitable result of actions done in a former life.

   • -वाटी a lunar day (तिथि).

   • -विपाक Equivalent to कर्मपाक.

   • -शाला a work-shop.

   • -शील, -शूर Adjective assiduous, active, laborious; Compare कर्म- शीलस्तु कर्मठे । Nm.

   • -शौचम् humility.

   • -श्रुतिः Feminine The word expressive of the act; कर्मश्रुतेः परार्थत्वात् MS.11. 2.6. (read या अत्र कर्मश्रुतिः दर्शपूर्णमासाभ्यामिति सा परार्था तृतीया-योगात् etc. शबर).

   • -सङ्गः attachment to worldly duties and their results. तन्निबध्नाति ... कर्मसङ्गेन Bg.14.7.

   • -सचिवः a minister.

   • -संन्यासिकः, -संन्यासिन्

     1. Masculine
     2. an eyewitness; वह्निर्विवाहं प्रति कर्मसाक्षी Ku.7.83.
     3. one who witnesses the good or bad actions of man; आदित्य भो लोककृताकृतज्ञ लोकस्य सत्यानृप- कर्मसाक्षिन् Rām.3.63.16. (There are nine divinities which are said to witness and watch over all human actions; सूर्यः सोमो यमः कालो महाभूतानि पञ्च च । एते शुभाशुभ- स्येह कर्मणो नव साक्षिणः ॥) -सिद्धिः Feminine accomplishment of any business or desired object; success. स्वकर्मसिद्धिं पुनरा- शशंसे Ku.

   • -स्थानम् a public office, a place of business.

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   • कर्माणिkarmāṇinominative or accusative plural of the neuter noun karman (work).
   • कर्मkarmanominative or accusative singular of neuter noun karman (the work).
   • कर्मसुkarmasulocative plural of the neuter noun karman (the work).
   • कर्मभिःkarmabhiḥinstrumental plural of the neuter noun karman (work, action).

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