# कर्मेन्द्रिय (karmendriya)

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कर्मेन्द्रिय (karmendriya) is a Sanskrit word meaning an organ of action.

- **SLP1:** `karmendriya`  **IAST:** karmendriya  **Devanagari:** कर्मेन्द्रिय
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/karmendriya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- an organ of action  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 259,2] कर्मे (karme) न्द्रिय (ndriya) n. an organ of action (five in number like the five organs of sense, viz. hand, foot, larynx, organ of generation, and excretion), MBh.; Manu-smṛti (Title) ii, 91; Vedāntasāra (Title) 91, &c. [ ID=45478 ]
- an organ of action  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कर्मेन्द्रिय (karmendriya) [Printed book page 064-1 ] कर्मेन्द्रिय (karmendriya) karma‿indriya, n. organ of action ( ph. ). [ ID=5587 ]
- organ of action  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कर्मेन्द्रिय (karmendriya) [Printed book page 112 ] कर्मेन्द्रिय (karmendriya) n. organ of action ( opp. बुद्धीन्द्रिय (buddhīndriya) ). [ ID=7243 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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