# कर्मन् (karman) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/karma कर्मन् (karman) is a Sanskrit word meaning act, action, performance, business, office, special duty, occupation, obligation, any religious act or rite, work, labour, and activity, physicking or medical attendance, action consisting in motion. Its 103 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Religious Rite or Sacred Act, Specific Entities, Astronomical Terms, or Named Concepts, General Action, Work, Deed, Performance. - **Roots:** कृ (kṛ), 1. कृ (1. kṛ) - **SLP1:** `karman` **IAST:** karman **Devanagari:** कर्मन् - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/karma/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कार्म (kārma), कर्म (karma) ## Meanings by context ### Religious Rite or Sacred Act (18 definitions) - any religious act or rite *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > any religious act or rite (as sacrifice, oblation &c., esp. as originating in the hope of future recompense and as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of spirit), RV.; AV.; VS.; Ragh. &c. [ ID=45270 ] - A religious rite *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 4 A religious rite (it may be either नित्य, नैमित्तिक (nitya, naimittika) or काम्य (kāmya) ) - 1. A part of any act. 2. A part of a sacrificial rite. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अंगं (aṃgaṃ) part of any act; part of a sacrificial rite (as प्रयाज (prayāja) of the Darśā sacrifice) - the right of performing religious rites *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अधिकारः (adhikāraḥ) the right of performing religious rites - 1. Difference or opposition in action. 2. Penance or expiation. 3. Suspension of a religious action. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अंतरं (aṃtaraṃ) 1 difference or contrariety of action. 2 penance, expiation. 3 suspension of a religious action - the department of the Veda relating to ceremonial acts, sacrificial rites, and their merit *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — कांडः, - डं (kāṃḍaḥ, -ḍaṃ) that department of the Veda which relates to ceremonial acts and sacrificial rites and the merit arising from a due performance thereof - the land of religious acts, specifically Bharatavarsha *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — क्षेत्रं (kṣetraṃ) the land of religious acts, that is, भरतवर्ष (bharatavarṣa); cf. कर्मभूमि (karmabhūmi) - 1. The motive impelling one to ritual acts. 2. Any positive rule enjoining a religious act. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — चोदना (codanā) 1 the motive impelling one to ritual acts. 2 any positive rule enjoining a religious act - acquainted with religious rites *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — ज्ञ (jña) a. one acquainted with religious rites - renunciation of worldly duties or ceremonial acts *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) renunciation of worldly duties or ceremonial acts - devoted to the performance of religious acts *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — निष्ठ (niṣṭha) a. devoted to the performance of religious acts - renunciation of the result of religious acts *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — न्यासः (nyāsaḥ) renunciation of the result of religious acts - 1. The direction or source of an action. 2. The path of religious rites. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — पथः (pathaḥ) 1 the direction or source of an action. 2 the path of religious rites ( opp. ज्ञानमार्ग (jñānamārga) ) - 1. This world or the land of Bharatavarsha. 2. Ploughed ground. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — भूः (bhūḥ), भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) f. 1 the land of religious rites, i. e. भरतवर्ष (bharatavarṣa), this world (a place for man's probation); प्राप्येमां कर्मभूमिं (prāpyemāṃ karmabhūmiṃ) Bhartṛhari’s three Śatakas (the figures 1., 2., 3. after Bh. denoting Śṛṅgāraº, Nītiº, and Vairāgyaº) 2. 100, Kādambarī (Bombay) 174, 319. 2 ploughed ground - the Mimamsa of ceremonial acts *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā) the Mīmāṃsā of ceremonial acts; see मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā) - 1. Performance of worldly and religious rites. 2. Active exertion or industry. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — योगः (yogaḥ) 1 performance of actions, worldly and religious rites. 2 active exertion, industry - the ritual *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — वचनं (vacanaṃ) (with Buddhists) the ritual - 1. A religious person withdrawn from all worldly activity. 2. An ascetic who acts without expecting reward. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — संन्यासिकः, - संन्यासिन् (saṃnyāsikaḥ, -saṃnyāsin) m. 1 a religious person who has withdrawn from every kind of worldly act. 2 an ascetic who performs religious deeds without looking to their reward ### Specific Entities, Astronomical Terms, or Named Concepts (13 definitions) - calculation *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > calculation, Sūryas. [ ID=45274 ] - the tenth lunar mansion *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the tenth lunar mansion, VarBṛS. &c. [ ID=45279 ] - The tenth lunar mansion *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — उत्क्षेपणं (utkṣepaṇaṃ) ततोऽवक्षेपणमाकुंचनं तथा । प्रसारणं च गमनं (tato'vakṣepaṇamākuṃcanaṃ tathā. prasāraṇaṃ ca gamanaṃ) कर्मांण्येतानि पंच च ॥ (karmāṃṇyetāni paṃca ca..) Bhāṣāpariccheda 6. ) 13 (In astr. ) The tenth lunar mansion - 1. The completion of any business or task. 2. A task, business, or its execution. 3. A storehouse for grain. 4. Cultivated land. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अंतः (aṃtaḥ) 1 the end of any business or task. 2 a work, business, execution of business. 3 a barn, a store of grain &c. Manusmṛti 7. 62 ( कर्मातः इक्षुधान्यादि संग्रहस्थानं (karmātaḥ ikṣudhānyādi saṃgrahasthānaṃ) Kull. ). 4 cultivated ground - 1. The holy fig tree. 2. The Kali age. 3. The banyan tree. 4. The effect arising from human acts. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — जः (jaḥ) ) 1 the holy fig-tree. 2 the Kali age. 3 the banian tree. 4 the effect arising from human acts: - Name of a river between Kashi and Vihara. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — नाशा (nāśā) N. of a river between Kāśī and Vihāra - a kind of sacred grass called kusha *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — मूलं (mūlaṃ) a kind of sacred grass called कुश (kuśa) - the fourth age of the world *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — युगं (yugaṃ) the fourth (the present) age of the world, i. e. the Kaliyuga - an epithet of a Shudra *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — वज्रः (vajraḥ) an epithet of a Śūdra - a lunar day *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — वाटी (vāṭī) a lunar day ( तिथि (tithi) ) - a workshop *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — शाला (śālā) a work-shop - A public office or place of business. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — स्थानं (sthānaṃ) a public office, a place of business. [ ID=10433 ] - Shiva *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 384-1 ] Karman = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=5430 ] ### General Action, Work, Deed, Performance (12 definitions) - act, action, performance, business *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1) [Printed book page 258,2] कर्मन् (karman) n. ( आ (ā) m., L. ), (√ कृ (kṛ), Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) iv, 144 ), act, action, performance, business, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c. [ ID=45268 ] - work, labour, and activity *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > work, labour, activity (as opposed to rest, प्रशान्ति (praśānti) ), Hit.; RPrāt. &c. [ ID=45271 ] - Action, work, deed *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 1 Action, work, deed - Execution, performance *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 2 Execution, performance - 1. Performance of religious rites. 2. Labour or work. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 6 ( a ) Performance of religious rites as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of Brahman ( opp. ज्ञान (jñāna) ); Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 8. 20. ( b ) Labour, work - active exertion *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) active exertion, action - 1. Action, work, or deed. 2. Function or business. 3. A religious rite. 4. Effect. 5. The direct object of an action. 6. Fate as the result of an act done in a former birth. *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 064-1 ] कर्मन् (karman) kár-man, n. action, work, deed; function, business; rite; effect; direct object of an action ( gr. ); fate ( result of an act done in a former birth ). [ ID=5582 ] - 1. Action or deed. 2. Performance or office. 3. Moral duty. 4. A religious rite. 5. A product or result. 6. A natural active property. 7. The performance of religious rites as opposed to speculative religion. 8. The object of an action in grammar. 9. Motion as a category in Vaisheshika philosophy. 10. Fate as the consequence of past acts. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 171-24 ] कर्मन् (karman) n. 1. Action, deed; 2. performance, office; 3. moral duty; 4. a religious rite; (it is either नित्य (nitya), नैमित्तिक (naimittika) or काम्य (kāmya) ); 5. product, result; 6. natural active property, as maturity of heat; 7. performance of religious rites, as opposed to speculative religion; 8. the object of an action (in gram.), कर्तुरीप्सिततमं कर्म (karturīpsitatamaṃ karma) Pan.; 9. motion considered as one of the seven categories of things (in the Vaiśeshika phil.) (thus defined- एकद्रव्यमगुणं संयोगविभागेष्वनपेक्षकारणं कर्मः (ekadravyamaguṇaṃ saṃyogavibhāgeṣvanapekṣakāraṇaṃ karmaḥ); it is five-fold- उत्प्रेक्षणं तथावक्षेपणमाकुंचनं तथा । प्रसारणं च गमनं कर्माण्येतानि पंच च (utprekṣaṇaṃ tathāvakṣepaṇamākuṃcanaṃ tathā. prasāraṇaṃ ca gamanaṃ karmāṇyetāni paṃca ca) ); 10. fate, i.e. a certain consequence of former acts, e.g. कर्मणो गहना गतिः (karmaṇo gahanā gatiḥ). [ ID=8487 ] - 1. Action. 2. Work. 3. Business. 4. Religious action as sacrifice. 5. The actions of a former life as the cause of subsequent births and fate. *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0165-a ] कर्मन् (karman) karman, i. e. kṛ + maṇ, n. 1. Action, Bhāṣāp. 5; Sāv. 2, 28. 2. Work, Śāk. 22, 17. 3. Business, Bhag. 18, 42 sqq.; Pañc. 7, 9. 4. Religious action as sacrifice, etc., Chr. 296, 2 = Rigv. i. 112, 2. 5. The actions of a former life as the cause of men's subse- quent births and fate, Pañc. v. d. 77; cf. karmatas, and Pañc. 134, 9. — Comp. Adbhuta-, adj. one who performs sur- prising deeds, Rām. 1, 21, 18. An -ārya-, adj. one who acts like one who is not an Ārya (like a Śūdra), Man. 10, 73. Antya-, n. funeral rites, Man. 11, 197. Indra-, m. a name of Viṣṇu, Rām. 6, 102, 16. Kāla-, m. (?) death. Rām. 6, 72, 11. See Ku-; Kṛta-, adj. one who has done his duty, Rām. 1, 66, 1. Keśa-, n. dressing of the hair, MBh. 4, 78. Krūra-, I. n. 1. a cruel deed, Suśr. 1, 106, 1. 2. a hard work, Śāk. d. 37 v. r. II. adj. 1. practising cruel deeds, Pañc. i. d. 74. 2. f. aṇī, cruel, Rām. 2, 75, 6. Gṛha-, n. domestic business, Pañc. 121, 14. Grāmya-, n. sensual pleasure, Bhāg. P. 5, 14, 31. Citra-, n. a picture, Katḥās. 6, 50. Cūḍā-, n. the ceremony of tonsure, Page0165-b+ 45 Man. 2, 35. Caura-, n. roguery, Pañc. 96, 22. Jāta-, n. the ceremony on the birth of a child, Man. 27. Jāla-, n. fishery, MBh. 13, 2653. Toya-, n. a religious ceremony per- formed with water, MBh. 1, 589. Tri-, adj. one who performs the three duties of a Brāhmaṇa, MBh. 13, 6455. Dāra-, n. marriage, Man. 4, 5. Durga-, n. defences, Rām. 5, 49, 14. Duṣkarman, i. e. dus-, I. n. a bad action, MBh. 5, 415. II. adj. wicked, MBh. 5, 4478. Duṣkṛta-, i. e. dus-kṛta-, m. a sinner, Man. 4, 248. Nāma(n)-, n. the cere- mony of giving a name to a child, Rām. 1, 19, 14. Nau-, n. labour in boats, Man. 10, 34. Puṇya-, adj. having done meritorious actions, Indr. 1, 22. Putra-, n. a ceremony or sacrifice on the birth of a son, Chr. 55, 4. Mūla-, n. a machination with (poisonous) roots, Man. 9, 290 Yathā-, acc. adv. according to the work (allotted to them), Man. 1, 41. Viśva-, m. 1. the sun. 2. a son of Brahman, the artist of the gods. 3. a saint. Ṣaṭk°, i. e. ṣaṣ-, m. a Brāhmaṇa who performs the six acts proper for him. Sa-, adj. 1. performing any act. 2. following the same business. Sajja-, n. prepara- tion. Su-, I. adj. 1. one who performs beautiful works, Rājat. 5, 115. 2. virtuous. 11. m. the artist of the gods. Hīna-, adj. neglecting religious acts. [ ID=3049 ] - 1. Action, deed, or work, especially a religious rite or sacrifice. 2. Result or effect. 3. Organ of sense. 4. The direct object in grammar. 5. Fate or destiny. *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 112 ] कर्मन् (karman) n. action, deed, work, esp. holy work, sacrifice, rite; result, effect; organ of sense; the direct object ( g. ); fate, destiny. [ ID=7218 ] - 1. Deed, work, or action. 2. Sacred work or religious rite. *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 140-a ] kárman, n. deed, work, action; sacred work (as sacrifice, ablution); rite, 59 1. [ √1kṛ. ] [ ID=1061 ] - 1. Action, work, or deed. 2. Performance, business, or office. 3. Specific action, moral duty, or the obligation imposed by peculiarities of tribe or occupation. 4. Labour. 5. Any religious action or rite. 6. Action consisting in motion as the third among the seven categories of the Nyaya philosophy. 7. Product, result, or effect. 8. Organ of sense. 9. Natural or active property. 10. The immediate object of an agent or act. 11. In grammar, the idea or notion expressed by the accusative case. 12. Fate or the certain consequence of previous acts. 13. In astronomy, the tenth lunar mansion. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0209-a ] कर्मन् (karman) karman, a, n. (fr. rt. 1. kṛ; according to some also m.), action, work, deed; performance, business; office; specific action, moral duty, the obligation imposed by peculiarities of tribe, occupa- tion, &c. labour (as opposed to rest, praśānti ); any religious action or rite (as sacrifice, ablution, &c., especially as originating in the hope of future re- compense and as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of spirit); action consisting in motion as the third among the seven categories of the Nyāya philosophy, (of these motions there are five, viz. ut-kṣepaṇa, throwing upwards; ava-kṣepaṇa, throwing downwards; ā-kuñcana, contraction; pra- sāraṇa, extension or dilatation; and gamana, going or motion in general); product, result, effect; organ of sense [cf. karmendriya ]; natural or active pro- perty (as maturity, of heat; support, of earth; disper- sion, of wind, &c.); the immediate object of an agent or act; (in grammar) the idea or notion expressed by the acc. case, (this object is of four kinds, viz. a. nirvartya, when anything new is produced, e. g. kaṭaṃ karoti, ‘he makes a mat;’ putram prasūte, ‘she bears a son:’ b. vikārya, when change is implied either of the substance and form, e. g. kāṣṭham bhasma karoti, ‘he makes ashes out of fuel;’ or of the form only, e. g. suvarṇaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ ka- roti, ‘he fashions gold into an ear-ring:’ c. prāpya, when any desired object is attained, e. g. grāmaṃ gacchati, ‘he goes to the village;’ candram paśyati, ‘he sees the moon:’ d. anīpsita, when an undesired object is abandoned, e. g. pāpaṃ tyajati, ‘he leaves the wicked’); fate, the certain consequence of previous acts [cf. karma-pāka and karma-vipāka ]; (in as- tronomy) the tenth lunar mansion. —Karma-kara, as, ī, am, working for other people, a hired labourer, a servant of any kind (as a pupil &c.) who is not a slave, an agent, any one who does work or business; ( as ), m. an epithet of Yama, the regent of the dead; ( ī ), f. the plant Sanseviera Zeylonica; the plant Momor- dica Monadelpha. —Karma-kartṛ, tā, m. ‘an object- agent’ or ‘object-containing agent,’ i. e. an agent which Page0209-b+ 81 is at the same time the object of an act on (this is the idea expressed by the reflexive passive, as in odanaḥ pacyate, ‘the mashed grain cooks of itself,’ see Gram. 461. c); karma-kartārau, m. du. the work and the person accomplishing it. —Karma-kāṇḍa, as, am, m. n. that department of the Veda which relates to ceremonial acts and sacrificial rites; N. of a Jaina work. —Karma-kāra, as, ī, am, a worker, one who does any business, an artisan, a mechanic; one who performs any act (without receiving wages for it, according to native lexicographers); ( as ), m. a bull; a blacksmith (forming a mixed caste re- garded as the progeny of the divine artist Viśva- karman and a Śūdrā woman); ( ī ), f. the plants Sanseviera Zeylonica and Momordica Monadelpha. —Karma-kāraka, as, ā, am, one who does any act or work. —Karmakārāpaya, nom. (fr. karma- kāra ) A. karmakārāpayate, -yitum, to cause any one to work as a servant. —Karma-kārin, ī, iṇī, i, working, doing any work or act, (in compounds preceded by an adjective or pronoun, e. g. śubha- karma-kārin, doing good works; tat-karma-kā- rin, performing the same business.) —Karma-kār- muka, as or am (?), m. or n. ‘the bow of action,’ i. e. an efficacious or strong bow. —Karma-kīlaka, as, m. a washerman. —Karma-kṛt, t, t, t, performing any work, skilful in work (e. g. tīkṣṇa-karma- kṛt, working with zeal); a workman, an artisan; a servant; one who has done any work. —Karma- kṛtavat, ān, m. the director of a religious rite, the reciter of Mantras or formularies. —Karma-kṛtya, am, n., Ved. activity, the state of active exertion. —Karma-kṣama, as, ā, am, competent to per- form an act, able to do it. —Karma-kṣetra, am, n. the district or region of religious acts; [cf. karma- bhūmi. ] —Karma-granthi-prathama-vicāra, title of a Jaina work. —Karma-ghāta, as, m. lit. ‘the killing of work,’ i. e. the act of leaving off work. —Karma-candra, as, m., N. of a prince of Mā- lava. —Karma-cit, t, t, t, Ved. collected or accom- plished by work. —Karma-ceṣṭā, f. active exertion, action. —Karma-codanā, f. the motive impelling to ritual acts. —Karma-ja, as, ā, am, resulting from or produced by any act whether religious or immoral; ( as ), m. the holy fig tree, Ficus Religiosa; the Kali-yuga or fourth and present age of the world, the age of iniquity. —Karmaja-guṇa, as, m. a property resulting from human acts (as separation, reunion, &c.). —Karma-jit, t, m., N. of a prince. —Karma-jña, as, ā, am, skilled in any work; acquainted with religious rites. —Karmaṇi-vācya, as, m. the passive voice in grammar, (but according to Pāṇini the passive is an Ātmane-pada verb with the affix yak in four tenses, and karman expresses only one idea of the passive.) —Karma-tyāga, as, m. abandonment of worldly duties or ceremonial rites. —Karma-tva, am, n. or karma-tā, f. state of action, any act, the active discharge of the duties and functions of life. —Karma-duṣṭa, as, ā, am, corrupt in action, wicked in practice, immoral, dis- reputable. —Karma-deva, as, m., Ved. a god by actions (opposed to ājāna-deva, a god by birth). —Karma-doṣa, as, m. a sinful work, sin, vice; error, blunder; the evil consequence of human acts, discreditable conduct or business. —Karma-dhāraya, as, m., N. of a class of compounds (see Gram. 755); according to native grammarians a subdivision of the Tat-puruṣa class, the members of which are in the same relationship either as adjective and substan- tive or as two substantives in apposition (e. g. śve- tāśva, ‘a white horse;’ Pāṇini I. 2, 42, calls a Karma-dhāraya comp. a Samānādhikaraṇa-tatpu- rusha; cf. adhi-karaṇa ). —Karma-dhvaṃsa, as, m. loss of benefit arising from religious acts, destruc- tion of any work, disappointment. —Karma-nāman, a, n. a participle. —Karma-nāśā, f., N. of a river between Kāśī and Vihāra, contact with which destroys the merit of works. —Karma-nibandha, as, m. necessary consequence of works. —Karma-nirhāra, as, m. removal of (bad) deeds or their effects. —Karma-niṣṭhā, ās, ās, am, Ved. diligent in Page0209-c+ 81 religious actions, engaged in active duties; ( as ), m. a Brāhman who performs sacrifices &c. —Karma- patha, as, m. the way or direction of an action. —Karma-paddhati, is, f. title of a work. —Kar- ma-pāka, as, m. the ripening of actions, i. e. re- compense for actions done in a former life; [cf. karma-vipāka. ] —Karma-pradīpa, as, m. title of a work of Kātyāyana; N. of a work of Miśra. —Karmapradīpa-vivṛti, N. of Śivarāma's com- mentary on the Karmapradīpa. —Karma-pradīpikā, f. title of a work of Kāma-deva. —Karma-prava- canīya, employed for the definition of an action; ( as ), m. (scil. śabdas ) a term for certain preposi- tions, particles, or adverbs, not connected with a verb, but with a case of a noun; (according to Pāṇini the first and general category to which prepositions belong is that of Nipātas or particles; they are Upasargas and Gatis when they are in connection with verbal action, i. e. with the tenses of a verb; but the term gati is more comprehensive than upasarga, and is applicable also when the verbal root becomes de- veloped into a noun substantive, adjective, or parti- ciple. Moreover, the term upasarga is confined to the prepositions with su and dus, whereas the Gatis include many other adverbial prefixes such as alam and the nouns and adjectives which take the affix cvi &c. Lastly, prepositions are Karmapravacanīyas if they are unconnected with verbs and govern a noun either separated from it or forming a compound with it. A Karmapravacanīya never loses its accent, and exercises no euphonic influence on the initial letters of a fol- lowing verb.) —Karma-pravāda, as, m., N. of the eighth of the fourteen Pūrvas or oldest religious writings of the Jainas. —Karma-phala, am, n. the fruit or recompense of actions; pain, pleasure, &c., considered as the consequence of acts; the fruit of the tree Averrhoa Carambola; [cf. karmaraṅga. ] —Karmaphalodaya (°la-ud°), as, m. the occur- rence of consequences. —Karma-bandha, as, m. the tie of works (by which the soul is attached to pleasure &c.). —Karma-bandhana, as, ā, am, bound by acts; ( am ), n. confinement to repeated existence, as the consequence of acts. —Karma-bhū, ūs, f. tilled or cultivated ground. —Karma-bhūmi, is, f. the land or region of religious actions, i. e. where such actions are performed; (according to Hemacandra the Karmabhūmis are Bharata, Airāvata, and Videha, but not the district of the Kurus; the other Varṣas are phala-bhūmayas, i. e. lands of recompense; cf. karma-kṣetra. ) —Karma-maya, as, ī, am, con- sisting of works, resulting from works. —Karma- mārga, as, m. the way of work; a technical term used by thieves for the breaking of walls &c. —Kar- ma-mīmāṃsā, see s. v. mīmāṃsā. —Karma-mūla, am, n. Kuśa or sacrificial grass, used as an essential part in many religious and sacred rites. —Karma- yuga, am, n. the fourth and present age of the world, the iron age, the Kali-yuga. —Karma-yoga, as, m. performance of a work or business or of worldly functions and religious duties; active exer- tion, industry; connection with a sacrifice. —Karma- yoni, is, m. f. source of action. —Karmargha, as, m. (fr. karman and ṛgha in ṛghāya ), N. of a teacher. —Karma-vacana, am, n. (with Buddhists) the ritual. —Karma-vajra, as, ā, am, ‘whose thunderbolt is work;’ an epithet of the Śūdra. —Karma-vat, ān, atī, at, busy with a work, em- ployed in it. —Karma-vaśa, as, ā, am, being in the power of or subject to former actions; ( as ), m. the necessary influence of acts; fate, considered as the inevitable consequence of actions done in a former life. —Karmavaśi-tā, f. the condition of having power over works, a quality of a Bodhi-sattva. —Karma-vaśin, ī, inī, i, having power over works. —Karma-vāṭī, f. a lunar day or the thirtieth division of a lunar month (regulating all ceremonies, observances, religious actions, &c.). —Karma-vighna, as, m. an impediment to work, obstruction. —Kar- ma-vidhi, is, m. rule of action, observance, practice, mode of conducting any ceremony. —Karma-vi- paryaya, as, m. succession of office or employment, Page0210-a+ 81 revolving or alternating duty; contrariety or reverse of any act or business. —Karma-vipāka, as, m. ‘the ripening of actions,’ i. e. the good or evil consequences in this life of human acts performed in previous births; title of a work on this subject, explaining ex- piatory rites to be performed in cases of disease &c., supposed to be the punishment of offences committed in a previous existence (written in Ślokas in the form of a dialogue between Śakuntalā-Bharata and Śātā- tapa-Bhṛgu), a work of Viśveśvara-bhaṭṭa. —Karma- vipāka-saṅgraha, title of a book. —Karmavipāka- sāra, title of a book composed by Dinakara, the brother of Kamalākara-bhaṭṭa. —Karma-viśeṣa, as, m. variety of act or actions. —Karma-vīja, am, n. the seed of works. —Karma-śālā, f. a workshop, a house of business. —Karma-śālī, f., N. of a river in Caturgrāma. —Karma-śīla, as, ā, am, assiduous, laborious, one who perseveres in his duties without looking to their reward. —Karma-śuddha (?), am, n. approved occupation. —Karma-śūra, as, ā, am, assiduous, laborious; ( as ), m. a skilful or clever work- man. —Karma-śauca, am, n. humility. —Karma- śreṣṭha, as, m., N. of a son of Pulaha by Gati. —Karma-saṅgraha, as, m. assemblage of acts, com- prising the act, its performance and the performer. —Karma-saciva, as, m. a minister, any officer employed upon active duties, as a judge, a deputy, &c. —Karma-sannyāsika, as, m. an ascetic, a religious person who has withdrawn from works. —Karma- samādhi, is, m. devotion, abstraction (?). —Karma- sambhava, as, ā, am, produced by or resulting from acts. —Karma-sākṣin, ī, m. ‘the witness of all acts,’ epithet of the sun. —Karma-sādhaka, as, ikā, am, accomplishing a work. —Karma-sādhana, am, n. implement, means; articles essential to the perform- ance of any religious act. —Karma-siddhi, is, f. accomplishment of an act, success. —Karma-sena, as, m., N. of the father of Rāma-candra. —Karma- stha, as, ā, am, standing or being within the object. —Karmastha-kriyaka, as, ā, am, any (root) whose action stands within the object. —Karmastha- bhāvaka, as, ā, am, any (root &c.) whose state ( bhāva ) stands within the object. —Karma-sthāna, am, n. a public office or place of business. —Karma- hetu, us, us, u, caused by acts, arising from acts. —Karmākṣama (°ma-ak°), as, ā, am, incapable of business. —Karmāṅga (°ma-aṅ°), as, m. part of any act, part of a sacrificial rite. —Karmātman (°ma-āt°), ā, ā, a, one whose character is action, endowed with principles of action, active, acting. —Karmāditya (°ma-ād°), as, m., N. of a king. —Karmādhikāra (°ma-adh°), as, m. the right of action (in the Mīmāṃsa philosophy). —Karmānu- bandha (°ma-an°), as, m. connection with or de- pendance upon acts. —Karmānubandhin, ī, inī, i, connected with or involved in works. —Karmānu- rūpa (°ma-an°), as, ā, am, according to action, according to function or duty. —Karmānurūpatas, ind. conformably to act, function &c. —Karmānu- ṣṭhāna (°ma-an°), am, n. practising one's duties, discharging peculiar functions. —Karmānuṣṭhāyin (°ma-an°), ī, inī, i, practising duties, performing rites &c. —Karmānusāra (°ma-an°), as, m. conse- quence of or conformity to acts. —Karmānusāratas, ind. according to one's deeds. —Karmānta (°ma-an°), as, m. work, business, administration of an office; management of any business; the end of any task or act; the end or abandonment of ritual acts; tilled or cultivated ground. —Karmāntara (°ma-an°), am, n. interval between religious actions, suspense of such an action; difference or contrariety of action; penance, expiation. —Karmāntika, as, ī, am, final, completing; ( as ), m. a workman, a servant, one who finishes a work. —Karmābhidhāyaka, as, ā, am, or karmābhidhāyin (°ma-abh°), ī, inī, i, enjoining or prescribing duties or acts. —Karmā- rambha (°ma-ār°), as, m. commencement of any act. —Karmārha (°ma-ar°), as, ā, am, fit for work, able to do any work, suitable to any rite; ( as ), m. a man. —Karmendriya (°ma-in°), am, n. an organ of action (opposed to the buddhīndriyāṇi or Page0210-b+ 75 perceptive organs of sense; five are reckoned, viz. the hand, the foot, the larynx or organ of the voice, the organ of generation and of excretion). —Karmo- dāra (°ma-ud°), am, n. any honourable or valiant act, magnanimity, prowess. —Karmodyukta (°ma- ud°), as, ā, am, actively labouring, busily engaged. —Karmodyoga (°ma-ud°), as, m. engaging actively in any work. [ ID=13920 ] ### Occupation, Duty, or Profession (12 definitions) - office, special duty, occupation, obligation *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > office, special duty, occupation, obligation (frequently ifc., the first member of the compound being either the person who performs the action [ e.g. वणिक् - क् (vaṇik-k) ° (°) ] or the person or thing for or towards whom the action is performed [ e.g. राज - क् (rāja-k) ° (°), पशु - क् (paśu-k) ° (°) ] or a specification of the action [ e.g. शौर्य - क् (śaurya-k) ° (°), प्रीति - क् (prīti-k) ° (°) ]), ŚBr.; Mn.; Bhartṛ. &c. [ ID=45269 ] - physicking or medical attendance *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > physicking, medical attendance, Car. [ ID=45272 ] - Business, office, or duty *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 3 Business, office, duty; संप्रति विषवैद्यानां कर्म (saṃprati viṣavaidyānāṃ karma) Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 4 - A specific action, moral duty. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 5 A specific action, moral duty - practising one's duties *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अनुष्ठानं (anuṣṭhānaṃ) practising one's duties - a servant or workman *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — कः (kaḥ) ) a servant, workman - one who maintains himself by a profession *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — आजीवः (ājīvaḥ) one who maintains himself by some profession (as that of an artisan &c.) - 1. A hired labourer. 2. Yama. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — करः (karaḥ) 1 a hired labourer (a servant who is not a slave); कर्मकराः (karmakarāḥ) स्थपत्यादयः (sthapatyādayaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; Śiśupālavadha 14. 16. 2 Yama - 1. An artisan or mechanic. 2. A laborer. 3. A blacksmith. 4. A bull. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — कारः (kāraḥ) 1 one who does any business, a mechanic, artisan (technically a worker not hired). 2 any labourer in general (whether hired or not). 3 a black-smith; हरिणाक्षि कटाक्षेण (hariṇākṣi kaṭākṣeṇa) ( pb ) आत्मानमवलोकय । न हि खड्गो विजानाति (ātmānamavalokaya. na hi khaḍgo vijānāti) कर्मकारं स्वकारणम् ॥ (karmakāraṃ svakāraṇam..) Udb. 4 a bull - a labourer, artisan, or workman *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — कारिन् (kārin) m. a labourer, artisan, workman - a washerman *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — कीलकः (kīlakaḥ) a washerman - a minister *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — सचिवः (sacivaḥ) a minister ### Attributes or States Pertaining to Action (10 definitions) - incapable of doing anything *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अक्षम (akṣama) a. incapable of doing anything - 1. Corresponding to an action or office. 2. Corresponding to actions from a previous existence. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अनुरूप (anurūpa) a. 1 according to action or any particular office. 2 according to actions done in a previous existence - final *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अंतिक (aṃtika) a. final. ( - fit or suitable *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अर्ह (arha) a. fit or suitable to an the act or rite. ( - 1. Active, endowed with the principles of action. 2. The soul. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — आत्मन् (ātman) a. endowed with the principles of action, active; Manusmṛti 1. 22. ( — m. ) the soul - busy, active, or zealous *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — उद्युक्त (udyukta) a. busy, engaged, active, zealous - able to perform any work or duty *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — क्षम (kṣama) a. able to perform any work or duty; आत्मकर्मक्षम (kṣama) ं देहं क्षात्रो धर्म (ātmakarmakṣamaṃ dehaṃ kṣātro dharma) इवाश्रितः (ivāśritaḥ) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 1. 13 - caught in the very act *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — गृहीत (gṛhīta) a. caught in the very act (as a thief) - corrupt, wicked, or immoral *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — दुष्ट (duṣṭa) a. corrupt in action, wicked, immoral, disrespectable - assiduous, active, or laborious *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — शील, - शूर (śīla, -śūra) a. assiduous, active, laborious ### Fate or Consequence of Past Actions (Karmic Doctrine) (10 definitions) - Fate as the consequence of acts in a previous life *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > [Printed book page 258,3] former act as leading to inevitable results, fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life), Pañcat.; Hit.; Buddh., ( cf. कर्म - पाक (karma-pāka) and - विपाक (-vipāka) ) [ ID=45278 ] - Fate, the consequence of acts done in a former life *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 9 Fate, the certain consequence of acts done in a former life; कर्मायत्तं फलं (karmāyattaṃ phalaṃ) पुंसां बुद्धिः कर्मानुसारिणी (puṃsāṃ buddhiḥ karmānusāriṇī) Bhartṛhari’s three Śatakas (the figures 1., 2., 3. after Bh. denoting Śṛṅgāraº, Nītiº, and Vairāgyaº) 2. 89, 94 - consequence of or conformity to acts *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — अनुसारः (anusāraḥ) consequence of, or conformity to, acts - 1. Sin or vice. 2. An error, defect, or blunder. 3. The evil consequence of human acts. 4. Discreditable conduct. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — दोषः (doṣaḥ) 1 sin, vice; Manusmṛti 6. 61, 95. 2 an error, defect, or blunder (in doing an act); Manusmṛti 1. 104. 3 evil consequence of human acts. 4 discreditable conduct - the ripening or reward of actions done in a former life *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — पाकः (pākaḥ) ripening of actions, reward of actions done in a former life; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1. 372 - the fruit or reward of actions done in a former life, including pain and pleasure *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — फलं (phalaṃ) fruit or reward of actions done in a former life; (pain, pleasure) - confinement to repeated birth as the consequence of religious acts *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — बंधः, - बंधनं (baṃdhaḥ, -baṃdhanaṃ) confinement to repeated birth, as the consequence of religious acts, good or bad (by which the soul is attached to worldly pleasures &c.) - fate as the inevitable result of past actions *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — वशः (vaśaḥ) fate considered as the inevitable result of actions done in a former life - mature consequence of actions *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — विपाक (vipāka) = कर्मपाक (karmapāka) - attachment to worldly duties and their results *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — संगः (saṃgaḥ) attachment to worldly duties and their results ### Miscellaneous Action-Related Concepts (8 definitions) - a man *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — र्हः (rhaḥ) ) a man - any valiant or noble act, magnanimity, or prowess *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — उदारं (udāraṃ) any valiant or noble act, magnanimity, prowess - a strong bow *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — कार्मुकः, - कं (kārmukaḥ, -kaṃ) a strong bow - leaving off or suspending work *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — घातः (ghātaḥ) leaving off or suspending work - a man of very low acts or deeds *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — चं ( चां ) (caṃ(cāṃ)) डालः (ḍālaḥ) 1 ‘base in deed’, a man of very low acts or deeds; Vasiṣṭha mentions these kinds: - 1. One who is envious, malicious, ungrateful, and chronically angry. 2. One who commits an atrocious deed. 3. An epithet of Rahu. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — असूयकः (asūyakaḥ) पिशुनश्च कृतघ्नो दीर्घरोषकः । चत्वारः (piśunaśca kṛtaghno dīrgharoṣakaḥ. catvāraḥ) कर्मचांडाला जन्मतश्चापि पंचमः ॥ (karmacāṃḍālā janmataścāpi paṃcamaḥ..). 2 one who commits an atrocious deed; Uttararāmacarita 1. 46. 3 N. of Rāhu - humility *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — शौचं (śaucaṃ) humility - 1. An eyewitness. 2. A witness to human actions. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — साक्षिन् (sākṣin) m. 1 an eyewitness; Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 7. 83. 2 one who witnesses the good or bad actions of man; (there are nine divinities which are said to witness and watch over all human actions; सूर्यः सोमो (sūryaḥ somo) यमः कालो महाभूतानि पंच च । एते (yamaḥ kālo mahābhūtāni paṃca ca. ete) शुभाशुभस्येह कर्मणो नव साक्षिणः ॥ (śubhāśubhasyeha karmaṇo nava sākṣiṇaḥ..) ) ### Grammatical Object or Term (7 definitions) - the grammatical object *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (in Gr. ) the object (it stands either in the acc. [in active construction], or in the nom. [in passive construction], or in the gen. [in connection with a noun of action]; opposed to कर्तृ (kartṛ) the subject), Pāṇini (Author) i, 4, 49 ff. (it is of four kinds, viz. a. निर्वर्त्य (nirvartya), when anything new is produced, e.g. कटं करोति (kaṭaṃ karoti), ‘he makes a mat’; पुत्रं प्रसूते (putraṃ prasūte), ‘she bears a son’; b. विकार्य (vikārya), when change is implied either of the substance and form, e.g. काष्ठं भस्म करोति (kāṣṭhaṃ bhasma karoti), ‘he reduces fuel to ashes’; or of the form only, e.g. सुवर्णं कुण्डलं करोति (suvarṇaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ karoti), ‘he fashions gold into an ear-ring’; c. प्राप्य (prāpya), when any desired object is attained, e.g. ग्रामं गच्छति (grāmaṃ gacchati), ‘he goes to the village’; चन्द्रं पश्यति (candraṃ paśyati), ‘he sees the moon’; d. अनीप्सित (anīpsita), when an undesired object is abandoned, e.g. पापं त्यजति (pāpaṃ tyajati), ‘he leaves the wicked’) [ ID=45277 ] - the object of an action *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 10 (In gram. ) The object of an action; कर्तुरीप्सिततमं कर्म (karturīpsitatamaṃ karma) Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī I. 4. 49 - an agent who is at the same time the object of the action *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — कर्तृ (kartṛ) m. (in gram. ) an agent who is at the same time the object of the action; e. g. पच्यते (pacyate) ओदनः (odanaḥ), it is thus defined: - That act which accomplishes itself easily through the author's own good qualities is known as karmakartri. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — क्रियमाणं (kriyamāṇaṃ) तु यत्कर्म स्वयमेव प्रसिध्यति । सुकरैः स्वैर्गुणैः (tu yatkarma svayameva prasidhyati. sukaraiḥ svairguṇaiḥ) कर्तुः कर्मकर्तेति तद्विदुः ॥ (kartuḥ karmakarteti tadviduḥ..) - name of a compound, a subdivision of Tatpurusha, in which the members are in apposition *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — धारयः (dhārayaḥ) N. of a compound, a subdivision of Tatpuruṣa, (in which the members of the compound are in apposition); तत्पुरुष कर्मधारय येनाहं स्यां बहुव्रीहिः (tatpuruṣa karmadhāraya yenāhaṃ syāṃ bahuvrīhiḥ) Udb - a participial noun *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — नामन् (nāman) (in gram. ) a participial noun - a grammar term for prepositions, particles, or adverbs not connected with verbs that govern a noun in a specific case *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — प्रवचनीयः (pravacanīyaḥ) a term for certain prepositions, particles, or ( pb ) adverbs when they are not connected with verbs and govern a noun in some case; e. g. आ (ā) in आ (ā) मुक्तेः संसारः (ā mukteḥ saṃsāraḥ) is a कर्मप्रवचनीय (karmapravacanīya); so अनु (anu) in जपमनु (japamanu) प्रावर्षत् (prāvarṣat) &c.; cf. उपसर्ग, गति (upasarga, gati) and निपात (nipāta) also ### Result, Product, or Outcome of Action (5 definitions) - product, result, effect *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > product, result, effect, Manu-smṛti (Title) xii, 98; Suśr. [ ID=45275 ] - Product, result *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 7 Product, result - resulting from an act *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — ज (ja) a. resulting from an act. ( - 1. Loss of fruit arising from religious acts. 2. Disappointment. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — ध्वंसः (dhvaṃsaḥ) 1 loss of fruit arising from religious acts. 2 disappointment - accomplishment of an objective or success *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — सिद्धिः (siddhiḥ) f. accomplishment of any business or desired object; success ### Motion (Vaiśeṣika Philosophical Category) (3 definitions) - action consisting in motion *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > action consisting in motion (as the third among the seven categories of the Nyāya philosophy; of these motions there are five, viz. उत् - क्षेपण (ut-kṣepaṇa), अव - क्षेपण (ava-kṣepaṇa), आ - कुञ्चन (ā-kuñcana), प्रसारण (prasāraṇa), and गमन (gamana), qq.vv. ), Bhāṣāp.; Tarkas. [ ID=45273 ] - Motion as one of the categories of things in philosophy *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 11 (In Vaiś. phil. ) Motion considered as one of the seven categories of things; thus defined: ( pb ) - एकद्रव्यमगुणं संयोगविभोगष्वनपेक्षकारणं कर्म (ekadravyamaguṇaṃ saṃyogavibhogaṣvanapekṣakāraṇaṃ karma) Vaiś. Sūt. (It is five-fold: - Organ of sense *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — उत्क्षेपणं (utkṣepaṇaṃ) ततोऽवक्षेपणमाकुंचनं तथा । प्रसारणं च गमनं (tato'vakṣepaṇamākuṃcanaṃ tathā. prasāraṇaṃ ca gamanaṃ) कर्मांण्येतानि पंच च ॥ (karmāṃṇyetāni paṃca ca..) Bhāṣāpariccheda 6. ) 12 Organ of sense ### Organ of Action (Karmendriya) (3 definitions) - organ of sense *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > organ of sense, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xiv (or of action See कर्मे (karme) न्द्रिय (ndriya) ) [ ID=45276 ] - an organ of action *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — इंद्रियं (iṃdriyaṃ) an organ of action, as distinguished from ज्ञानेंद्रिय (jñāneṃdriya); (they are: - speech, hands, feet, the anus, and the generative organ *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — वाक्पाणिपादपायूपस्थानि (vākpāṇipādapāyūpasthāni); Manusmṛti 2. 99; see under इंद्रिय (iṃdriya) also) ### Inherent Property or Nature (1 definition) - A natural or active property. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > कर्मन् (karman) [Printed book page 0383-c ] कर्मन् (karman) n. [ कृ - मनिन् (kṛ-manin) Uṇādisūtras 4. 144 ] 8 A natural or active property (as support of the earth) ### Other (1 definition) - 1. Heaven. 2. Hell. *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > — संयोग, विभाग (saṃyoga, vibhāga) &c. 5 heaven. 6 hell ## Sources Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546