1. The ear, or the handle of a vessel.
2. The helm or rudder of a ship.
3. The plants Cassia Fistula and Calotropis Gigantea.
4. A spondee, a foot of two long syllables in prosody.
5. The hypotenuse of a triangle or the diagonal of a tetragon.
6. A renowned hero in the Mahabharata, king of Anga and elder brother of the Pandus.
कर्ण (karṇa) [Printed book page 0207-b] कर्ण (karṇa) karṇa, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. 1.
kṝ),
the ear, the handle or ear of a vessel; the helm or
rudder of a ship; the plants Cassia Fistula and Calo-
tropis Gigantea; (in prosody) a spondee, a foot of
two long syllables; (in geometry) the hypothenuse
of a triangle or the diagonal of a tetragon; N. of a
renowned hero in the Mahā-bhārata, king of Aṅga
and elder brother by the mother's side of the Pāṇḍu
princes, being the son of the god Sūrya by Pṛthā or
Kuntī, before her marriage with Pāṇḍu. (Afraid of
the censure of her relatives, Kuntī deserted the child
and exposed it in the river, where it was found by a
charioteer named Adhi-ratha and nurtured by his
wife Rādhā; hence
Karṇa is sometimes called Sūta-
putra or Sūta-ja, sometimes Rādheya, though named
by his foster-parents Vasu-ṣeṇa); N. of a son of
Viśvajit; (with Buddhists) a son of Mahā-sammata
and king in Potāla; N. of a king, father of Viśoka-
deva; (
as, ā, am), Ved. eared, furnished with long
ears; furnished with chaff (as grain).
Karṇe, (in
theatrical language) into the ear, in a low voice,
aside;
api karṇe, Ved. behind the ear or back,
from behind, after [cf.
api-karṇa];
karṇaṃ dā, to give ear to, listen to;
karṇam ā-gam, to come
to one's ears, become known to.
—Karṇa-kaṇḍu, us or
ū, ūs, m. f. painful itching of the ear.
—Karṇa- kīṭā, f. an insect or worm with many feet and of a
reddish colour, Julus Cornifex; a small centipede;
according to some
karṇa-kīṭī.
—Karṇa-kubja, am, n., N. of an imaginary town.
—Karṇa-kṣveḍa, as, m. an affection of the ear, a roaring or constant
noise in it.
—Karṇa-kharika, as, m., N. of a
Vaiśya.
—Karṇa-ga, as, ā, am, touching the ear,
hanging on it, next to the ear, extending to the ear.
—Karṇa-gūtha, am, n. ear-wax; (
as), m. or
karṇa-gūthaka, as, m. hardening of the wax of the
ear.
—Karṇa-gṛhīta, as, ā, am, seized by the ear.
—Karṇa-gṛhya, ind. seizing by the ear.
—Karṇa- gocara, as, ā, am, perceptible to the ear, audible.
—Karṇa-grāha, as, m. a helmsman.
—Karṇa- grāha-vat, ān, atī, at, furnished with a helmsman
(as a ship).
—Karṇa-cchidra, am, n. the outer
auditory passage; [cf.
karṇa-puṭa, karṇa-randhra, &c.]
—Karṇa-japa, as, m. ‘ear-whisperer,’ an in-
former.
—Karṇa-jalūkā, f. an insect, Julus; a small
centipede; [cf.
karṇa-kīṭā.]
—Karṇa-jalaukā, f. or
karṇa-jalaukas, ās, f. the same.
—Karṇa-jāpa or
karṇa-japa, as, m. whispering in the ear, tale-
bearing, calumniating.
—Karṇa-jāha, am, n. the
root of the ear.
—Karṇa-jit, t, m. ‘the conqueror
of Karṇa,’ an epithet of Arjuna; (Karṇa having
taken the part of the Kurus, was killed by Arjuna in
one of the great battles between them and the
Pāṇḍus.)
—Karṇa-tas, ind. away from the ear.
—Karṇa-tāla, as, m. the flapping of an elephant's
ears.
—Karṇa-darpaṇa, as, m. an ear-ring, an
ornament for the ear.
—Karṇa-dundubhi, is, f. a
kind of worm (making a noise in the ear like a
drum); see
karṇa-kīṭā.
—Karṇa-deva, as, m., N.
of a king.
—Karṇa-dhāra, as, m. a helmsman, a
pilot.
—Karṇadhāra-tā, f. the office of an helms-
man.
—Karṇa-dhāriṇī, f. a female elephant.
—Karṇa-nāda, as, m. ringing in the ear.
—Karṇa- nāsā, f. the ears and the nose.
—Karṇandu, us, f.
a woman's ear-ring; see
karṇāndu.
—Karṇa-pa, as, m., N. of a man.
—Karṇa-pattraka, as, m.
the tragus, a part of the external ear.
—Karṇa- patha, as, m. the compass or range of hearing;
karṇapatham ā-yā or
upe (upa-i), to come within
the range of the ear, to be heard.
—Karṇa-para, Page0207-c+ 81 as, m. an ornament for the ear.
—Karṇa-param- parā, f. going from one ear to another.
—Karṇa- parākrama, as, m. title of a work.
—Karṇa- parvan, a, n. ‘the Karṇa section,’ title of the
eighth book of the Mahā-bhārata.
—Karṇa-pāka, as, m. inflammation of the outer ear.
—Karṇa-pāli, is, f. the lobe of the ear; the outer and curving
edge of the ear; (
ī), f. an ornament of the ear, a
garland or string of jewels pendent from it; N. of a
river.
—Karṇa-pāśa, as, m. a beautiful ear.
—Kar- ṇa-puṭa, am, n. the auditory passage of the ear.
—Karṇa-pur, ūr, f. or
karṇa-purī, f. the capital
of Karṇa, i. e. Campā, the ancient N. of Bhagalpur.
—Karṇa-puṣpa, as, m., N. of a plant,
= moraṭa. —Karṇa-pūra, as, m. an ornament of flowers worn
round the ears; an ear-ring; N. of several plants,
blue lotus; Acacia Sirissa; Jonesia Aśoka; N. of the
father of Kavicandra, author of the Alaṅkāra Kau-
stubha.
—Karṇa-pūraka, as, m. the Kadamba
tree, Nauclea Cadamba; N. of a servant.
—Karṇa- pūraṇa, am, n. the act of filling the ears (with
cotton &c.); any substance used for that purpose;
(
as), m.
= karṇa-pūra.
—Karṇa-pratināha or
karṇa-pratīnāha, as, m. a disease of the ear, sup-
pression of its excretion or wax, which is supposed
to have dissolved and pass by the nose and mouth.
—Karṇa-prayāga, as, m., N. of the confluence of
the river Gaṅgā and Pindar.
—Karṇa-prānta, as, m. the lobe of the ear.
—Karṇa-prāvaraṇa, as, ā, am, using the ears for a covering; (
ās), m. pl., N.
of a fabulous people.
—Karṇa-phala, as, m. a sort of
fish, Ophiocephalus Kurrawey.
—Karṇa-bhūṣaṇa, am, n. or
karṇa-bhūṣā, f. an ear ornament.
—Karṇa-madgura, as, m. a sort of sheat fish,
Silurus Unitus.
—Karṇa-mala, am, n. the excretion
or wax of the ear.
—Karṇa-mukura, as, m. an ear
ornament; an ear-ring.
—Karṇa-mukha, as, ī, am, headed by Karṇa, having Karṇa as leader.
—Karṇa- mūla, am, n. the root of the ear.
—Karṇamūlīya, as, ā, am, near the root of the ear.
—Karṇa-moṭi, is, f. an epithet of Devī or Durgā in one of her
forms or incarnations (Cāmuṇḍā).
—Karṇa-yoni, is, is, i, Ved. having the ear as a source or starting-
point, going forth from the ear, an epithet of an
arrow, because in shooting the bow-string is drawn
back to the ear.
—Karṇa-randhra, as, am, m. n.
the orifice or auditory passage of the ear; [cf.
karṇa- cchidra, karṇa-puṭa, &c.]
—Karṇa-roga, as, m.
disease of the ear.
—Karṇaroga-pratiṣedha, as, m. cure of a disease of the ear.
—Karṇaroga- vijñāna, am, n. diagnosis of any disease of the ear.
—Karṇa-latā, f. or
karṇa-latikā, f. the lobe of
the ear.
—Karṇa-vaṃśa, as, m. an elevated plat-
form of bamboo.
—Karṇa-vat, ān, atī, at, having
ears, long-eared; furnished with tendrils or hooks;
having a helm.
—Karṇa-varjita, as, ā, am, earless;
(
as), m. a snake.
—Karṇaviṭka, as, ā, am, fur-
nished with ear-wax.
—Karṇa-vidradhi, is, f. ulcer-
ation of the ear.
—Karṇa-vivara, am, n. the audi-
tory passage of the ear.
—Karṇa-viṣ, ṭ, f. ear-wax.
—Karṇa-vedha, as, m. ‘ear-piercing,’ a religious
ceremony performed to prevent a person from dying,
if the birth of a third son be expected; piercing the
ear to receive ear-rings.
—Karṇa-vedhanī or
karṇa- vedhanikā, f. an instrument for piercing the ear of
an elephant.
—Karṇa-veṣṭa, as, m. an ear-ring;
N. of a prince.
—Karṇa-veṣṭaka, as, m. the flaps
of a cap protecting the ear; (
as or
am), m. n. (?)
an ear-ring.
—Karṇa-veṣṭana, am, n. an ear-ring.
—Karṇa-śaṣkulī, f. the outer part of the ear, the
exterior cartilaginous portion leading to the auditory
passage.
—Karṇa-śirīṣa, as, m. a Śirīṣa flower
fastened to the ear as an ornament.
—Karṇa-śūla, as, am, m. n. ear-ache.
—Karṇaśūlin, ī, inī, i, having ear-ache.
—Karṇa-śobhana, am, n., Ved. an
ear ornament.
—Karṇa-śrava, as, ā, am, audible,
loud.
—Karṇa-śravas, ās, m., N. of a Brāhman.
—Karṇa-śrut, t, m., N. of the author of several
hymns of the Ṛg-veda.
—Karṇa-saṃsrāva or
kar- ṇa-srava or
karṇa-srāva, as, m. running of the
ear, discharge of pus or ichorous matter from the ear.
Page0208-a+ 81 —Karṇa-sū, ūs, m. the father of Karṇa, an epithet
of Sūrya or the sun.
—Karṇa-sūci, is, m. a kind of
insect.
—Karṇa-sphoṭā, f. a sort of creeper (com-
monly
kāṇaphāṭā).
—Karṇa-karṇi, ind. from ear
to ear, whispering into each other's ears.
—Kar- ṇāñjali (°ṇa-añ°), is, m. the auditory passage of
the outer ear.
—Karṇāḍhaka (°ṇa-āḍh°), as, m.,
N. of a man; (
ās), m. pl. the descendants of this man.
—Karṇādeśa (°ṇa-ād°), as, m. an ear-ring (?).
—Karṇānuja (°ṇa-an°), as, m. an epithet of
Yudhiṣṭhira, the younger brother of Karṇa, one of
the five Pāṇḍu princes.
—Karṇāntika (°ṇa-an°), as, ā, am, near or close to the ear.
—Karṇāndu (°ṇa-an°), us or
ū, ūs, f. an ornament for the ear;
an ear-ring.
—Karṇābharaṇaka (°ṇa-ābh°), as, m. the tree Cathartocarpus (Cassia) Fistula.
—Kar- ṇārā (
°ṇa and rt.
ṛ?), f. an instrument for perfo-
rating the ear of an elephant.
—Karṇāri (°ṇa-ari), is, m. an epithet of Arjuṇa (as the enemy of Karṇa);
the tree Terminalia Arjuna.
—Karṇārpaṇa (°ṇa- ar°), am, n. applying the ear, giving ear, paying
attention, listening to.
—Karṇālaṅkāra (°ṇa-al°), as, m. or
karṇālaṅkriyā, f. or
karṇālaṅkṛti, is, f. an ear ornament, an ear-ring.
—Karṇāśva (°ṇa- aś°?), as, m., N. of a man.
—Karṇāsphāla (°ṇa- ās°), as, m. the flapping to and fro of an elephant's
ears.
—Karṇe-curucurā, f. tale-bearing.
—Karṇe- japa, as, ā, am, a slanderous whisperer, a secret
traducer, a tale-bearer, an informer.
—Karṇe-ṭiri- ṭirā, f. tale-bearing.
—Karṇendu (°ṇa-in°), us, f. a semicircular ornament of the ear, an ear-ring;
[cf.
karṇāndu.]
—Karṇotpala (°ṇa-ut°), as, m.,
N. of a poet.
—Karṇodaya (°ṇa-ud°), N. of a book.
—Karṇopakarṇikā (°ṇa-up°), f. a female tale-
bearer or informer.
—Karṇorṇa (°ṇa-ūr°), as, ā, am, having wool on the ears (as any animal).
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