Pāli Dictionary

kāraṇa

karrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7tun; machen

Synonyms

vaṇṇa, ṭhāna, nidāna, pada, nimitta, adhikaraṇa, ārammaṇa

Antonyms

akāraṇa

general

  • eine Aufgabe; Arbeit; etwas, das zu tun ist

  • a task; work; labour; something to be done

  • MN 107

    seyyathā'pi brāhmaṇa dakkho assadammako bhaddaṃ ass'ājānīyaṃ labhitvā paṭhamen'eva mukh'ādhāne kāraṇaṃ kāreti atha uttariṃ kāraṇaṃ kāreti.

  • AN 5.140

    idha, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo yam'enaṃ hatthidammasārathi kāraṇaṃ kāreti, yadi vā katapubbaṃ yadi vā akatapubbaṃ, taṃ aṭṭhiṃ katvā manasi katvā sabbaṃ cetasā samannāharitvā ohitasoto suṇāti. evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo sotā hoti.

  • (in einer Debatte) ein Argument; ein Beweisgrund

  • (in debate) an argument; a point of reasoning

  • jemanden veranlassen, etwas zu tun; zum Handeln zwingen

  • causing (someone) to do (something); compelling into action

  • MN 65

    so abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṃ ṭhāne parinibbāyati. yato kho, bhaddāli, bhadro ass'ājānīyo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṃ ṭhāne parinibbuto hoti, tam'enaṃ assadamako uttari kāraṇaṃ kāreti yug'ādhāne.

doctrine

  • ein Grund; eine Ursache; der Anlass, weshalb etwas geschieht

  • a reason; a cause; that on account of which something happens

  • DN 21

    accaṅkuso'va nāgo'va, jitaṃ me tuttatomaraṃ, kāraṇaṃ nappajānāmi, sammatto lakkhaṇ'ūruyā.

monastic

  • eine gerichtliche Maßnahme; ein Disziplinarfall (bes. im monastischen Verfahren)

  • a legal action; a formal disciplinary case (esp. in monastic proceedings)

kāraṇā1

approximate

karrootaṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Folter; körperliche Bestrafung

  • torture; physical punishment

karaṇa

approximate

karrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7tun; machen

Synonyms

kāra, tatiyā, kara, kārī, kāraka, upakāra, atthakaraṇa, karī,

Antonyms

akaraṇa

general

  • das Tun; das Machen; das Bewirken

  • doing; making; causing; effecting; the act of performing

  • MN 43

    katamo c'āvuso, pariyāyo yaṃ pariyāyaṃ āgamma ime dhammā ek'atthā byañjanam'eva nānaṃ? rāgo kho, āvuso, pamāṇakaraṇo, doso pamāṇakaraṇo, moho pamāṇakaraṇo.

  • AN 7.64

    satt'ime, bhikkhave, dhammā sapattakantā sapattakaraṇā kodhanaṃ āgacchanti itthiṃ vā purisaṃ vā. katame satta?

  • (Gramm.) der Instrumentalis

  • (grammar) the instrumental case

kāraṇā2

approximate

karrootaṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Root

kar7tun; machen

general

  • wegen; um ... willen; aus dem Grund (nach einem Genitiv gebraucht)

  • because (of); for the sake (of); by reason (of) (used after a genitive/nominal base)

kāra1

approximate

karrootasuffix

via inflected form kārāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7tun; machen

Synonyms

kattar, kammanta, karaṇa, kara, kārī, kāraka, kammāra, kammika,

general

  • Tat; Dienst; Akt der Ehrerbietung

  • a deed; an act; a service; an act of homage

  • MN 40

    yesañ'ca mayaṃ cīvara-piṇḍapāta-sen'āsana-gilānappaccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāraṃ paribhuñjāma, tesaṃ te kārā amhesu mahapphalā bhavissanti mah'ānisaṃsā

  • SN 46.3

    dassanam'p'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ bahukāraṃ vadāmi

  • das Tun; das Herstellen; das Ausführen

  • the doing, making, or performing (of something)

  • MN 95

    tulanāya pana, bho gotama, katamo dhammo bahukāro? tulanāya bahukāraṃ dhammaṃ mayaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ pucchāmā'ti.

  • Macher; Hersteller (oft als Kompositum-Zweitglied, z. B. rathakāra ‚Wagenbauer‘)

  • a doer; a maker; an agent (esp. as compound-final, e.g. rathakāra ‘chariot-maker’)

  • Dhp 153

    anekajātisaṃsāraṃ, sandhāvissaṃ anibbisaṃ, gahakāraṃ gavesanto, dukkhā jāti punappunaṃ.

  • Schmied; Metallhandwerker

  • a smith; a metal-worker

  • AN 3.101

    tam'enaṃ suvaṇṇakāro vā suvaṇṇakār'antevāsī vā jātarūpaṃ mūsāyaṃ pakkhipitvā dhamati sandhamati niddhamati.

kara1

approximate

karrootasuffix

via inflected form karāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kar7tun; machen

Synonyms

kāra, karaṇa, kārī, kāraka, karī

general

  • tuend; machend; hervorbringend, verursachend (meist als Kompositumsende)

  • doing; making; producing, causing (esp. as the final member of a compound)

  • AN 8.49

    idha, visākhe, mātugāmo yo so bhattu abbhantaro antojano, dāsā'ti vā pessā'ti vā kammakarā'ti vā, tesaṃ katañ'ca katato jānāti akatañ'ca akatato jānāti, gilānakānañ'ca bal'ābalaṃ jānāti khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyañ'c'assa paccaṃsena saṃvibhajati.

  • AN 1.48

    n'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammam'pi samanupassāmi yaṃ evaṃ lahuparivattaṃ yatha'y'idaṃ cittaṃ. yāvañ'c'idaṃ, bhikkhave, upamā'pi na sukarā yāva lahuparivattaṃ cittan'ti.

kara2

approximate

karastem

via inflected form karāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

hattha, sukka, asuci, bhuja

general

  • die Hand

  • the hand

  • DN 30

    mahiñ'ca pana ṭhito anonamanto, phusati karehi ubhohi jaṇṇukāni, mahiruhaparimaṇḍalo ahosi, sucaritakammavipākasesakena.

  • (in weiteren klassischen Bedeutungen) ein Lichtstrahl; eine Steuer/ein Tribut; ein Elefantenrüssel; Samen

  • (in other classical senses) a ray of light; a tax or tribute; an elephant’s trunk; semen

kāra2

approximate

karrootasuffix

via inflected form kārāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

vaṇṇa

general

  • (grammatischer Terminus) ein Buchstabe, Laut oder Silbe (z. B. a-kāra ‚der Buchstabe a‘)

  • (grammatical term) a letter, sound, or syllable (formed as -kāra after the letter, e.g. a-kāra ‘the letter a’)

kāra3

approximate

via inflected form kārāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

bandhanāgāra

general

  • Gefängnis (seltene männliche Nebenform von kārā)

  • a prison; a jail (rare masc. by-form of kārā)

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