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Results for अकर्तृ

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अकर्तृakartṛm.Not an agent; अकर्तरि च कारके P.III. 3.19; actionless; चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः । तस्य कर्तार-…
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Not an agent; अकर्तरि च कारके ParasmaipadaIII. 3.19; actionless; चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः । तस्य कर्तार- मपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम् ॥ Bg.4.13. पुरुषोऽकर्ता भोक्ता Sāṅkhya; a subordinate agent; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedत्वम्-ता an inferior or subordinate position.
Derived forms and compounds
- -भावः the state of non-agent; द्रष्टृत्वमकर्तृ- भावश्च । Sāṅkhya. K.19.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अकर्तृakartṛm. not an agent, N. applied to the पुरुष (in Sa1n3khya सांख्य phil.)
1. masculine gender not an agent, Name applied to the पुरुष (in Sa1n3khya सांख्य philosophy)
2. masculine gender not active (in grammar)
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अकर्तृत्वakartṛtvan. state of non-agency.

neuter gender state of non-agency.

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