कारणम्kāraṇamPain, agony.
Derived forms and compounds
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- Pain, agony.
- Casting into hell.
- Urging, instigation. (-कारणात् for the reason that; द्वेषdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied on account of hatred; मत्कारणात् for my sake; Pt.1.22.)
- Action; निमित्ते कारणात्मके Mb.12.289.7.
- caused.
- forming the cause.
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-माला a figure of speech, 'a chain of causes'; यथोत्तरं चेत् पूर्वस्य पूर्वस्यार्थस्य हेतुता । तदा कारणमाला स्यात् K. Parasmaipada1;Exempli gratia, for example Bg.2.62,63; also S. D.728.
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-मूलम् (in Rhet.) a law of causation.
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-वादिन् Masculine a complainant, plaintiff.
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-वारि Neuter the original water produced at the beginning of the creation.
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-विहीन Adjective without a cause.
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-शरीरम् (in Vedānta Philosophy) the inner rudiment of the body, causal frame.
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कारणम् kāraṇam
- कृ-णिच् ल्युट्
- A cause, reason; कारणकोपाः कुटुम्बिन्यः M.1.18; R.1.74; Bg.13.21; Often times with Locative of the effect; Bh.2.84.
- Ground, motive, object; प्रव्राज्य चीरवसनं किं नु पश्यसि कारणम् Rām.2.73. 12. किं पुनः कारणम् Mbh.; Y.2.23; Ms.8.347; कारण- मानुषीं तनुम् R.16.22.
- An instrument, means; गर्भस्रावे मासतुल्या निशाः शुद्धेस्तु कारणम् Y.3.2,65.
- (In Nyāya Philosophy) A cause, that which is invariably antecedent to some product and is not otherwise constituted; or, according to Mill, 'the antecedent or concurrence of antecedents on which the effect is invariably and unconditionally consequent'; according to Naiyāyikas it is of three kinds; (1) समवायि (intimate or inherent); as threads in the case of cloth; (2) असमवायि (non-intimate or non-inherent), as the conjunction of the threads in the case of cloth; (3) निमित्त (instrumental) as the weaver's loom.
- The generative cause, creator, father; Ku.5.81.
- An element, elementary matter; Y.3.148; Bg.18. 13.
- The origin or plot of a play, poem etc.
- An organ of sense; हित्वा तनुं कारणमानुषीं ताम्.
- The body.
- A sign, document, proof or authority; प्रमाणं चैव लोकस्य ब्रह्मात्रैव हि कारणम् Ms.11.84.
- That on which any opinion or judgment is based.
- Action; आत्मना कारणैश्चैव समस्येह महीक्षितः Mb.12.59.13.
- A legal instrument or document.
- Agency, instrumentality.
- A deity (as the proximate or remote cause of creation)
- Killing, injuring.
- A desire (वासना) created formerly (as पूर्ववासना); पूर्वं नित्यं सर्वगतं मनोहेतुम- लक्षणम् । अज्ञानकर्मनिर्दिष्टमेतत्कारणलक्षणम् ॥ Mb.12.211.6.
- Compound अन्तरम् a particular reason; प्रविष्टोऽस्मि दुराधर्षं वालिनः कारणान्तरे Rām.4.1.28;
- instrumental cause; येन वैश्रवणो भ्राता वैमात्राः कारणान्तरे Rām.3.48.4.
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-अन्वित Adjective having a cause or reason.
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-आख्या Adjective Name of the organ of perception and action, of बुद्धि, अहंकार and मनस्.
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-उत्तरम् a special plea, denial of the cause of complaint; admission of the charge generally, but denial of the actual issue (in law).
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-कारणम् an elementary or primary cause; an atom; त्वं कारणं कारणकारणानाम् Ki.18. 35.
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-कारितम् Indeclinable in consequence of; यदि प्रव्राजितो रामो लोभकारणकारितम् Rām.2.58.28.
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-गत Adjective referred to its cause, resolved into its principles.
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-गुणः a quality of the cause; Sāṅ. K.14.
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-बलवत् Adjective strong by motives; Pt.5.29.
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-भूत Adjective
आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते ।
- कारणम्kāraṇamnominative and accusative singular of the neuter noun kāraṇa (the cause).
