Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -र्णः The ear; अहो खलभुजङ्गस्य विपरीतवधक्रमः । कर्णे लगति चान्यस्य प्राणैरन्यो वियुज्यते ॥ Pt.1. 35, 34 also;

• -कर्णे

  1. दा to listen; कर्णमागम् to come to the ear, become known; तद्गुणैः कर्णमागत्य R.1.9; कर्णे कृ to put round the ear; Ch. Parasmaipada1; कर्णे कथयति whispers in the ear; Compare षट्कर्ण, चतुष्कर्ण etc. also.
  2. The handle or ear of a vessel; उभा कर्णा हिरण्यया Rv.8.72.12.
  3. The helm or rudder of a ship; सेना भ्रमति संख्येषु हत- कर्णेव नौर्जले Rām.6.48.26.
  4. The hypotenuse of a triangle.
  5. The diameter of a circle; Sūrya.
  6. An intermediate region or quarter (उपदिग्भाग); Mb.6. 6.1.
  7. (In prosody) A spondee.
  8. Name of a tree (Marâthî बाहवा, रुइमांदार) Rām.5.56.34.
  9. Name of a celebrated warrior on the side of the Kauravas mentioned in the Mahābhārata. भवान् भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च Bg.1.8;11.34. [He was the son of Kuntī begotten on her by the god Sun while she was yet a virgin residing at her father's house (see Kuntī). When the child was born, Kuntī, afraid of the censure of her relatives and also of public scandal, threw the boy into the river where he was found by Adhiratha, charioteer of Dhṛitrāṣṭra, and given over to his wife Rādhā, who brought him up like her own child; whence Karṇa is often called Sūtaputra, Rādheya etc. Karṇa, when grown up, was made king of Aṇga by Duryodhana, and became by virtue of his many generous acts a type of charity. On one occasion Indra (whose care it was to favour his son Arjuna) disguised himself as a Brāhmaṇa and cajoled him out of his divine armour and ear-rings, and gave him in return a charmed javelin. With a desire to make himself proficient in the science of war, he, calling himself a Brāhmaṇa went to Parasurāma and learnt that art from him. But his secret did not long remain concealed. On one occasion when Parasurāma had fallen asleep with his head resting on Karṇa's lap, a worm (supposed by some to be the form assumed by Indra himself to defeat Karṇa's object) began to eat into his lap and made a deep rent in it; but as Karṇa showed not the least sign of pain, his real character was discovered by his preceptor who cursed him that the art he had learnt would avail him not in times of need. On another occasion he was curse by a Brāhmaṇa (whose cow he had unwittingly slain in chase) that the earth would eat up the wheel of his chariot in the hour of trial. Even with such disadvantages as these, he acquitted himself most valiantly in the great war between the Paṇḍavas and Kauravas, while acting as generalissimo of the Kaurava forces after Bhīṣma and Droṇa had fallen. He maintained the field against the Paṇḍavas for three days, but on the last day he was slain by Arjuna while the wheel of his chariot had sunk down into the earth. Karṇa was the most intimate friend of Duryodhana, and with Śakuni joined him in all the various schemes and plots that were devised from time to time for the destruction of the Paṇ&dvas.] -Compound

• -अञ्चलः (लम्) Ear-lobe; (Mātaṅga Latin5.12.)

• -अञ्जलिः

  1. The auditory passage of the outer ear.
  2. The ears pricked up; आपीय कर्णाञ्जलिभिर्भवापहाम् Bhāg.3.13.5.

• -अनुजः Yudhiṣṭhira.

• -अन्तिक Adjective close to the ear; स्वनसि मृदु कर्णान्तिकचरः Ś.1.23.

• -अन्दुः, -न्दू Feminine an ornament for the ear, ear-ring.

• -अर्पणम् giving ear, listening.

• -आरा (Equivalent to -वेधनी).

• -आस्फालः the flapping of the elephant's ears.

• -इन्दुः Feminine a semicircular ear-ring.

• -उत्तंसः an ear-ornament or merely an ornament (according to some authorities). (Mammaṭa says that here कर्ण means कर्णंस्थितत्व; Compare also his remark ad hoc: कर्णावतंसादिपदे कर्णादिध्वनिनिर्मितः । सन्निधानार्थबोधार्थं स्थितेष्वेत- त्समर्थनम् ॥ K. Parasmaipada7).

• -उपकर्णिका rumour; (Literal 'from ear to ear'). प्रागेव कर्णोपकर्णिकया श्रुतापवादक्षुभितहृदयः Pt.

• -ऊर्णः a kind of deer; कर्णोर्णैकपदं चास्मै निर्जुष्टं वृकनाभिभिः Bhāg.

• -कषायः

  1. Dirt in the ears; आपीयतां कर्णकषायशोषाननुक्रमिष्ये न इमान्सुपेशान् Bhāg.2.6.46. कीटा, टी a worm with many feet and of a reddish colour,
  2. a small centipede.

• -कुमारी Name of Bhavānī.

• -कूटः The tower at the corner of the roof; Māna.19.54-55.

• -क्ष्वेडः (in Medicine) a constant noise in the ear.

• -गूथम् earwax. (-थः) -गूथकः hardening of the wax of the ear.

• -गोचर Adjective audible.

• -ग्राहः a helmsman.

• -चूलिका Feminine An ear-ring; उत्कृत्तकर्णचूलिकेन मुखेन ...... Svapna.2.

• -जप Adjective (also कर्णेजप) a secret traducer, talebearer, informer. कर्णेजपः सूचकः Mbh. on ParasmaipadaIII.2.13.

• -जपः, -जापः slandering, tale-bearing, calumniating.

• -जलूका a small centipede. (also -जलौकस्, -जलौका) -जाहम् the root of the ear; Compare तस्य पाकमूले पील्वादिकर्णादिभ्यः कुणब्जाह चौ Pān. V.2.24. अपि कर्णजाहविनिवेशिताननः Māl.5.8.

• -जित् Masculine 'conqueror of Karṇa', epithet of Arjuna, the third Pāṇḍava prince.

• -ज्वरः pain to the ear; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.6.

• -तालः the flapping of the elephant's ears, the noise made by it; विस्तारितः कुञ्जरकर्ण- तालैः R.7.39,9.71; Śi.17.37.

• -दर्पणः an ear-ring.

• -दुन्दुभिः Equivalent to कर्णकीटा.

• -धारः a helmsman, a pilot; अकर्णधारा जलधौ विप्लवेतेह नौरिव H.3.2; अविनयनदीकर्णधार- कर्ण Ve.4.

• -धारिणी a female elephant.

• -पत्रकः The lobe of the ear; Y.3.96.

• -पथः the range of hearing.

• -परम्परा from ear to ear, hearsay; इति कर्णपरंपरया श्रुतम् Ratn.1.

• -पर्वन् Neuter the eighth (id est, that is Karṇa) section of the Mahābhārata.

• -पाकः inflammation of the outer ear.

• -पालिः, -ली

  1. Feminine
  2. the lobe of the ear.
  3. the outer edge of the ear. (-ली) an ornament of the ear.

• -पाशः a beautiful ear; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.27.

• -पिशाची Feminine a type of goddess.

• -पुटम् the auditory passage of the ear.

• -पूरः

  1. an ornament (of flowers etc.) worn round the ear, an ear-ring; इदं च करतलं किमिति कर्णपूरतामारोपितम् K.6. प्रचुरसमरशोभासुभ्रुवः कर्णपूरः Śiva. B.3.46.
  2. the Aśoka tree.
  3. the Śirīṣa tree.
  4. the blue lotus.

• -पूरकः

  1. an ear-ring.
  2. the Kadamba tree.
  3. the Aṣoka tree.
  4. the blue lotus.

• -प्रणादः, -प्रतिनाहः a disease of the ear.

• -प्रान्तः the lobe of the ear.

• -फलः a kind of fish.

• -भूषणम्, -भूषा an ear-ornament.

• -मुकुरः an ear-ornament.

• -मूलम् the root of the ear; तं कर्णमूलमागत्य रामे श्रीर्न्यस्यतामिति R.12.2.

• -मोटी a form of Durgā.

• -योनि Adjective having the ear as a source. तस्य साध्वीरिषवो याभिरस्यति नृचक्षसो दृशये कर्णयोनयः Rv.2.24.8.

• -लता, -लतिका the lobe of the ear; मन्येऽमुना कर्णलतामयेन Name7.64.

• -वंशः a raised platform or dais of bamboo.

• -वर्जित Adjective earless. (-तः) a snake.

• -विवरम्, -छिद्रम्, -पुरम्, -रन्ध्रम् the auditory passage of the ear.

• -विष् Feminine ear-wax; Ms.5.135.

• -विषम् 'poisoning the ear', slandering, backbiting.

• -वेधः piercing the ears to put ear-rings on; a religious ceremony (संस्कार).

• -वेधनी, -वेधनिका an instrument for piercing the ear.

• -वेष्टः, -वेष्टनम् an ear-ring; सुकृतौ कर्णवेष्टौ च Rām.5.15.42.

• -शष्कुली the outer part of the ear (leading to the auditory passage); AV.9.8.1. अवलम्बितकर्णशष्कुलीकलसीकं रचयन्नवोचत Name2.8.

• -शूलः, -लम् ear-ache.

• -श्रव Adjective audible, loud; कर्णश्रवेऽ- निले Ms.4.12.

• -श्रावः, -संश्रवः 'running of the ear', discharge of pus or ichorous matter from the ear.

• -सूः Feminine Kuntī, mother of Karṇa.

• -स्रोतस् Neuter excretion of the ear (कर्णमल) कर्णस्रोतोभवं चापि मधुं नाम महासुरम् Mb.6. 67.14.

• -हर्म्यम् a tower, a side-tower.

• -हीन Adjective earless. (-नः) a snake.