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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for कार

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.

    Source: Apte

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
    Source: Monier-Williams

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.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · कार

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