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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. काराkārā1 Imprisonment, confinement.
    1. 1 Imprisonment, confinement.
    2. A prisonhouse, a jail; Mv.6.25.
    3. Part of a lute below the neck.
    4. Pain, affliction.
    5. A female messenger.
    6. A female worker in gold.
    7. A sound.
    8. An instrument for drawing the sound of the lute.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अगारम्, -गृहम्, -वेश्मन् Neuter a prison-house, a jail; कारागृहे निर्जितवासवेन लङ्केश्वरेणोषितमा प्रसादात् R.6.4, Śānti.4.1.

    • -गुप्तः a prisoner.

    • -पालः a guard of a prison, jailor.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. काराkārā[kârâ] f. prison, gaol; - ͜ agâra, -griha, n. id.; -patha, m. N. of a country; -vâsa, m. gaol, imprisonment.

    [kârâ] feminine; also equal for prison, gaol; - ͜ agâra, -griha, neuter the same; -patha, masculine noun of a country; -vâsa, masculine gaol, imprisonment.

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  2. एकारामekārāma[eka ͜ ârâma] a. delighting in one only.

    [eka ͜ ârâma] adjective delighting in one only.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. काराkārāf. (√1. कृ ?), a prison Vikr. Das3.
    1. feminine (√1. कृ ?), a prison Vikr. Das3.
    2. feminine binding, confinement gaRa भिदा*दि
    3. feminine the part of a lute below the neck (for deadening the sound) Lexicographers
    4. feminine pain, affliction Lexicographers
    5. feminine a female messenger Lexicographers
    6. feminine a female worker in gold Lexicographers
    7. feminine a kind of bird Lexicographers
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  2. अच्छम्बट्कारायacchambaṭkārāyaind. 75706

    indeclinable 75706

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  3. अधिकाराढ्यadhikārāḍhyamfn. invested with rights or privileges.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective invested with rights or privileges.

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  4. अपकारार्थिन्apakārārthinmfn. malicious, malevolent.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective malicious, malevolent.

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  5. अलंकारानुसारिणीalaṃkārānusāriṇīf. N. of wk.

    feminine Name of work

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  6. इष्टकाराशिiṣṭakārāśim. a pile of bricks.

    masculine gender a pile of bricks.

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  7. उपकारापकारupakārāpakāram. du. kindness and injury.

    masculine gender dual number kindness and injury.

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