Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कारणkāraṇan. cause, reason, the cause of anything (gen., also often loc.) Ka1tyS3r. MBh. Mn. &c.
1. neuter gender cause, reason, the cause of anything (genitive case, also often locative case) Ka1tyS3r. MBh. Mn. etc.
2. neuter gender instrument, means
3. neuter gender motive origin, principle
4. neuter gender a cause (in philosophy id est that which is invariably antecedent to some product confer, compare समवा*यि-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, असमवा*यि-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, निमित्त-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
5. neuter gender an element, elementary matter Ya1jn5. iii, 148 Bhag. xviii, 13
6. neuter gender the origin or plot of a play or poem Sa1h.
7. neuter gender that on which an opinion or judgement is founded (a sign, mark; a proof; a legal instrument, document) Mn. MBh. etc.
8. neuter gender an organ of sense Ragh. xvi, 22 etc.
9. neuter gender an action MBh. xii, 12070
10. neuter gender agency, instrumentality, condition Katha1s. cxii, 178
11. neuter gender "the cause of being", a father W.
12. neuter gender "cause of creation", a deity W.
13. neuter gender the body Lexicographers
14. neuter gender a kind of musical instrument Lexicographers
15. neuter gender a sort of song Lexicographers
16. neuter gender a number of scribes or Ka1yasthas कायस्थ s W.
17. neuter gender killing, injury Lexicographers
Source: Monier-Williams

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