Pāli Dictionary

kāraṇa

karrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7faire

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

akāraṇa

general

  • une tâche; un travail; quelque chose à faire

  • 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.

  • (dans un débat) un argument; un point de raisonnement

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

  • faire faire (quelque chose à quelqu’un); contraindre à agir

  • 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

  • une raison; une cause; ce en raison de quoi quelque chose se produit

  • 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

  • une action en justice; une affaire disciplinaire (surtout dans les procédures monastiques)

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

kāraṇā1

approximate

karrootaṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • torture; châtiment corporel

  • torture; physical punishment

karaṇa

approximate

karrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7faire

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

akaraṇa

general

  • l’action de faire; de produire; de causer

  • 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?

  • (gram.) le cas instrumental

  • (grammar) the instrumental case

kāraṇā2

approximate

karrootaṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Root

kar7faire

general

  • à cause de; pour le bien de; en raison de (employé après un génitif)

  • 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

kar7faire

Synonyms

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

general

  • action; service; acte d’hommage

  • 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

  • le fait de faire; de fabriquer; d’exécuter

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

  • MN 95

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

  • faiseur; fabricant (souvent en second membre de composé, p. ex. rathakāra “charron”)

  • 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.

  • forgeron; artisan du métal

  • 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

kar7faire

Synonyms

kāra, karaṇa, kārī, kāraka, karī

general

  • faisant; produisant; causant (souvent en fin de mot composé)

  • 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

  • la main

  • the hand

  • DN 30

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

  • (dans d’autres sens classiques) un rayon de lumière; un impôt ou tribut; la trompe d’un éléphant; le sperme

  • (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

  • (terme grammatical) une lettre, un son ou une syllabe (p. ex. a-kāra “la lettre 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

  • prison (forme masculine rare de kārā)

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

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