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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अकारakāraa.Not doing or acting, void of action (क्रियारहित).

    [करोतीति कारः कृ-घञ् अण् वा न. त.]

    Not doing or acting, void of action (क्रियारहित).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः The letter अः अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि Bg.1.33.

    In the Gita10·33

    अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च ।

    akṣarāṇāmakāro'smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca, — I am the letter A among letters, the dual among compounds. I am imperishable Time; I am the Master and Ruler (of all existences), whose faces are… 10·33
    • अकारःakāraḥnominative singular of the masculine compound noun akāra (the letter v 'a')
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  2. अकारणakāraṇaa.Causeless, groundless, spontaneous; ˚मित्राणि सतां चेतांसि K.37 disinterested friends; ईदृशो मां प्रत्यमीषाम्…

    [न. ब.]

    Causeless, groundless, spontaneous; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमित्राणि सतां चेतांसि K.37 disinterested friends; ईदृशो मां प्रत्यमीषाम् denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्नेहः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -णम् Absence of a cause, motive, or ground; अकारणाद्-रणम्-णे causelessly, without cause or ground; किमकारणमेव दर्शनं विलपन्त्यै रतये न दीयते Ku.4.7; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपरित्यक्ता मातापित्रोर्गुरोस्तथा Ms.3.157; अकारणात् परित्यज्य K. 167; त्यक्तो वा स्थादकारणात् Ms.9.177; किमकारणे कुप्यसि, अकारणे आत्मानमायासयसि Ratn.2.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अकारakāra[a-kâra] m. the sound or letter ă. [-ness.

    [a-kâra] masculine the sound or letter ă. [-ness.

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  2. अकारकakāraka[a-kâraka] a. ineffectual; -tva, n.

    [a-kâraka] adjective ineffectual; -tva, neuter

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  3. अकारणakāraṇa[a-kârana] a. causeless; n. lack of cause: ˚--, -tas, -m, in., ab., lc. without cause.

    [a-kârana] adjective causeless; neuter lack of cause: ˚--, -tas, -m, instrumental, ablative, locative without cause.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अकारakāram. the letter or sound अ .

    masculine gender the letter or sound अ .

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  2. अकारणakāraṇamfn. causeless
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective causeless
    2. neuter gender absence of a cause
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  3. अकारणम्akāraṇamind. causelessly.

    indeclinable causelessly.

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  4. अकारणात्akāraṇātind. causelessly.

    indeclinable causelessly.

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  5. अकारणेakāraṇeind. causelessly.

    indeclinable causelessly.

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