(-री Feminine) कृ-घञ् (At the end of comp.) Making, doing, performing, working, maker, doer, author; ग्रन्थकारः author; कुम्भकारः, सुवर्णकारः etc. etc.
Derived forms and compounds
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-रः
- Act, action; as in पुरुषकार.
- A term denoting a sound or a word which is not inflected; as अकार Ms.2.76,125; ककार, फूत्कार etc.
- Effort, exertion; 'कारौ वधे निश्चये च बले यत्ने रतावपि' इति विश्वः. Śi.19.27.
- Religious austerity.
- A husband, lord; master.
- Determination.
- Power, strength.
- A tax or toll.
- A heap of snow.
- The Himālaya mountain.
- Water produced by hail.
- Killing, slaughter.
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-अवरः a man of a mixed and low caste, born from a Niṣāda father and Vaidehi mother; a shoemaker; कारावरो निषाद्यां तु चर्मकारः प्रसूयते Mb.13.48.26; Compare Ms.1.36.
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-कर Adjective working, acting as agent.
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-भूः a toll-station.
