Pāli Dictionary

kāraṇa

karrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7करना; बनाना

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

akāraṇa

general

  • कार्य; श्रम; करने योग्य बात

  • 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.

  • (वाद-विवाद में) तर्क; युक्ति

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

  • (किसी को) कुछ करने के लिए प्रेरित करना; कार्य हेतु बाध्य करना

  • 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

  • कारण; हेतु; वजह

  • 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

  • कानूनी कार्यवाही; अनुशासनात्मक मामला (विशेषतः संघ में)

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

kāraṇā1

approximate

karrootaṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • यातना; शारीरिक दंड

  • torture; physical punishment

karaṇa

approximate

karrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7करना; बनाना

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

akaraṇa

general

  • करना; बनाना; उत्पन्न करना

  • 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?

  • (व्याकरण) करण कारक

  • (grammar) the instrumental case

kāraṇā2

approximate

karrootaṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Root

kar7करना; बनाना

general

  • के कारण; के लिए; की वजह से (संबंध कारक के बाद प्रयुक्त)

  • 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

kar7करना; बनाना

Synonyms

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

general

  • कर्म; सेवा; श्रद्धा का कार्य

  • 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

  • करना; बनाना; संपन्न करना

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

  • MN 95

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

  • करने वाला; बनाने वाला (यौगिक शब्द के अंत में, जैसे rathakāra ‘रथकार’)

  • 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.

  • लोहार; धातुकार

  • 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

kar7करना; बनाना

Synonyms

kāra, karaṇa, kārī, kāraka, karī

general

  • करने वाला; बनाने वाला; उत्पन्न करने वाला (प्रायः समास के अंत में)

  • 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

  • हाथ

  • the hand

  • DN 30

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

  • (अन्य शास्त्रीय अर्थों में) किरण; कर या भेंट; हाथी की सूँड; वीर्य

  • (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

  • (व्याकरणिक शब्द) एक अक्षर, ध्वनि या शब्दांश (जैसे a-kāra ‘अ अक्षर’)

  • (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

  • कारागार; बंदीगृह (kārā का दुर्लभ पुल्लिंग रूप)

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

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