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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 कारा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.

    Source: Apte

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
    Source: Monier-Williams

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.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · कारा

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