Pāli Dictionary

kāraṇa

karrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7作;造

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • 任務;工作;勞役;應做之事

  • 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.

  • (辯論中的)論點;論據

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

  • 使役他人做某事;促使去做

  • 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

  • 原因;理由;因由

  • 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

  • 法律訴訟;(尤指僧團內的)懲戒案件

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

kāraṇā1

approximate

karrootaṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine


general

  • 拷打;體罰

  • torture; physical punishment

karaṇa

approximate

karrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7作;造

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • 做;製作;引起;施行(行為、動作)

  • 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?

  • (語法)工具格

  • (grammar) the instrumental case

kāraṇā2

approximate

karrootaṇasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Root

kar7作;造


general

  • 因為;為了;由於(用於名詞屬格之後)

  • 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

kar7作;造

Synonyms


general

  • 行為;作為;服務;供養之舉

  • 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

  • 做;製作;施行(某事)

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

  • MN 95

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

  • 作者;製造者;從事者(多作複合詞後半,如 rathakāra「造車匠」)

  • 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.

  • 工匠;金屬匠

  • 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

kar7作;造

Synonyms


general

  • 做的;作的;產生、導致的(多用於複合詞詞尾)

  • 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


general

  • the hand

  • DN 30

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

  • (古典文獻中其他義項)光線;稅、貢賦;象鼻;精液

  • (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


general

  • (文法術語)字母、音、音節(如 a-kāra「字母 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


general

  • 監獄;牢獄(kārā 的罕見陽性異體)

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

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