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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कारkāraa.(-री f.) [कृ-घञ्] (At the end of comp.) Making, doing, performing, working, maker, doer, author; ग्रन्थकारः…

    (-री Feminine) कृ-घञ् (At the end of comp.) Making, doing, performing, working, maker, doer, author; ग्रन्थकारः author; कुम्भकारः, सुवर्णकारः etc. etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः

      1. Act, action; as in पुरुषकार.
      2. A term denoting a sound or a word which is not inflected; as अकार Ms.2.76,125; ककार, फूत्कार etc.
      3. Effort, exertion; 'कारौ वधे निश्चये च बले यत्ने रतावपि' इति विश्वः. Śi.19.27.
      4. Religious austerity.
      5. A husband, lord; master.
      6. Determination.
      7. Power, strength.
      8. A tax or toll.
      9. A heap of snow.
      10. The Himālaya mountain.
      11. Water produced by hail.
      12. Killing, slaughter.

    • -अवरः a man of a mixed and low caste, born from a Niṣāda father and Vaidehi mother; a shoemaker; कारावरो निषाद्यां तु चर्मकारः प्रसूयते Mb.13.48.26; Compare Ms.1.36.

    • -कर Adjective working, acting as agent.

    • -भूः a toll-station.

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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. कारkāra[kâr-a] a. (î) making, producing, fashion ing, performing; m. maker (--˚); fashioner, author; making, action…

    [kâr-a] adjective (î) making, producing, fashion ing, performing; masculine maker (--˚); fashioner, author; making, action; --˚, sound, letter; uninflected word; -aka, adjective (-ikâ) making, producing, causing, performing (genitive or --˚); *about to do (accusative); effecting an object; masculine maker, fashioner; agent; neuter relation of noun to verb, case-notion; -ana, --˚, adjective making, causing, producing; neuter (--˚, feminine; also equal for î) cause, occasion, motive (genitive, locative,--˚); prime cause, element; basis; argument, proof; means, instrument; organ of sense; instrumental, ablative, locative, ˚--, from some cause: with kena, kasmât, kasmin, for what reason? why? kim kâranam, why? ablative for the sake of (genitive, --˚); kenâpi kâranena, for some reason or other; yat kâranam, yena kâranena, because.

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  2. अकारakāra[a-kâra] m. the sound or letter ă. [-ness.

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

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

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

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  4. 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. कारkāra(accord. to some in RV. also, "gain, prize, booty"; "contest, war")
    1. (according to to some in fg-veda also, "gain, prize, booty"; "contest, war")
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender (√1. कृ Pa1n2. 3-2, 23), making, doing, working, a maker, doer (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' see कुम्भ-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, यज्ञ क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, सुवर्ण-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    3. mf(ई)neuter gender an author (exempli gratia, 'for example' वार्त्तिक-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    4. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') an act, action (see काम-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, पुरुष-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    5. masculine gender the term used in designating a letter or sound or indeclinable word (exempli gratia, 'for example' अ-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, क-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, qq. vv.; एव-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, the word एव; फूत्-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied quod vide) Pra1t. Mn. etc.
    6. masculine gender effort, exertion Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender determination Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender religious austerity Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender a husband, master, lord Lexicographers
    10. (अस् or आ) masculine gender or feminine act of worship, song of praise Divya1v.
    11. masculine gender (Equivalent to 2. कर) tax, toll, royal revenue Pa1n2. 6-3, 10
    12. masculine gender a heap of snow or a mountain covered with it Lexicographers
    13. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective produced by hail Sus3r.
    14. masculine gender (√2. कृ), a song or hymn of praise fg-veda
    15. masculine gender a battle song fg-veda
    16. masculine gender (√2. कॄ), killing, slaughter Lexicographers
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  2. अकारakāram. the letter or sound अ .

    masculine gender the letter or sound अ .

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