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• -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
  2. according to action or any particular office.
  3. according to actions done in a previous existence.

• -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.

• -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.

• -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. 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

  1. Adjective resulting from an act; सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा Bg.4.12. कर्मजा गतयो नॄणामुत्तमाधममध्यमाः Ms.12.3.
  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.

• -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 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.

• -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. 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.

• -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. 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

  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.

Derived forms and compounds

• -अन्वित

  1. Adjective
  2. unengaged, unoccupied, idle.
  3. criminal.

• -कृत् Adjective free from action; न हि कश्चित् क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् । Bg.3.5 doing an improper act.

• -भोगः

  1. enjoyment of freedom from the fruits of action.
  2. renunciation of self-righteousness.

• -शील Adjective lazy, indolent.