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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कारणम्kāraṇamA cause, reason; कारणकोपाः कुटुम्बिन्यः M.1.18; R.1.74; Bg.13.21; oft. with loc. of the effect; Bh.2.84.

    [कृ-णिच् ल्युट्]

    1. A cause, reason; कारणकोपाः कुटुम्बिन्यः M.1.18; R.1.74; Bg.13.21; Often times with Locative of the effect; Bh.2.84.
    2. 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.
    3. An instrument, means; गर्भस्रावे मासतुल्या निशाः शुद्धेस्तु कारणम् Y.3.2,65.
    4. (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.
    5. The generative cause, creator, father; Ku.5.81.
    6. An element, elementary matter; Y.3.148; Bg.18. 13.
    7. The origin or plot of a play, poem etc.
    8. An organ of sense; हित्वा तनुं कारणमानुषीं ताम्.
    9. The body.
    10. A sign, document, proof or authority; प्रमाणं चैव लोकस्य ब्रह्मात्रैव हि कारणम् Ms.11.84.
    11. That on which any opinion or judgment is based.
    12. Action; आत्मना कारणैश्चैव समस्येह महीक्षितः Mb.12.59.13.
    13. A legal instrument or document.
    14. Agency, instrumentality.
    15. A deity (as the proximate or remote cause of creation)
    16. Killing, injuring.
    17. A desire (वासना) created formerly (as पूर्ववासना); पूर्वं नित्यं सर्वगतं मनोहेतुम- लक्षणम् । अज्ञानकर्मनिर्दिष्टमेतत्कारणलक्षणम् ॥ Mb.12.211.6.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -णा

      1. Pain, agony.
      2. Casting into hell.
      3. 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.)
      4. Action; निमित्ते कारणात्मके Mb.12.289.7.
      5. Compound अन्तरम् a particular reason; प्रविष्टोऽस्मि दुराधर्षं वालिनः कारणान्तरे Rām.4.1.28;
      6. instrumental cause; येन वैश्रवणो भ्राता वैमात्राः कारणान्तरे Rām.3.48.4.

    • -अन्वित Adjective having a cause or reason.

    • -आख्या Adjective Name of the organ of perception and action, of बुद्धि, अहंकार and मनस्.

    • -उत्तरम् a special plea, denial of the cause of complaint; admission of the charge generally, but denial of the actual issue (in law).

    • -कारणम् an elementary or primary cause; an atom; त्वं कारणं कारणकारणानाम् Ki.18. 35.

    • -कारितम् Indeclinable in consequence of; यदि प्रव्राजितो रामो लोभकारणकारितम् Rām.2.58.28.

    • -गत Adjective referred to its cause, resolved into its principles.

    • -गुणः a quality of the cause; Sāṅ. K.14.

    • -बलवत् Adjective strong by motives; Pt.5.29.

    • -भूत

      1. Adjective
      2. caused.
      3. forming the cause.

    • -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.

    • -मूलम् (in Rhet.) a law of causation.

    • -वादिन् Masculine a complainant, plaintiff.

    • -वारि Neuter the original water produced at the beginning of the creation.

    • -विहीन Adjective without a cause.

    • -शरीरम् (in Vedānta Philosophy) the inner rudiment of the body, causal frame.

    In the Gita6·313·22

    आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते ।

    ārurukṣormuneryogaṁ karma kāraṇamucyate, — For a sage who is ascending the hill of Yoga, action is the cause; for the same sage when he has got to the top of Yoga self-mastery is the cause. 6·3
    • कारणम्kāraṇamnominative and accusative singular of the neuter noun kāraṇa (the cause).
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  2. निकारणम्nikāraṇamKilling, slaughter.

    Killing, slaughter.

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  3. निष्कारणम्niṣkāraṇam1 Removing, taking away.
    1. 1 Removing, taking away.
    2. Killing; Compare निकारण.
    Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अकारणम्akāraṇamind. causelessly.

    indeclinable causelessly.

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  2. निष्कारणम्niṣkāraṇamind. causelessly, without a reason or any special motive MBh. Ka1v. &c.

    indeclinable causelessly, without a reason or any special motive MBh. Ka1v. etc.

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  3. यत्कारणम्yatkāraṇamind. for which cause or reason, wherefore, why Ma1rkP.
    1. indeclinable for which cause or reason, wherefore, why Ma1rkP.
    2. indeclinable as, because, since (also that the rest of a word is to be suppliedणात्) Pan5cat.
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