compassionate
compassionate, BhP. [ID=44558]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
करुणाkaruṇā
करुणा (karuṇā) is a Sanskrit word meaning mournful, miserable, lamenting, compassionate, mournfully, woefully, or pitifully, the pathetic sentiment in poetry, citrus Decumana, a Buddha. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Pity, Compassion, Tenderness, Mournful, Lamenting, Distressed, Names of Specific Plants.
- Roots
- 1. कृ (1. kṛ), 1. कॄ (1. kṝ)
- Definitions
- 18
Meanings by context
Pity, Compassion, Tenderness
6 definitions
pity, compassion
(H1B) [Printed book page 255,3]
करुणा (karuṇā) (आ (ā)), f. pity, compassion, BhP.; Ragh.; Pañcat. &c. [ID=44564]
करुणा (karuṇā) (आ (ā)), f. pity, compassion, BhP.; Ragh.; Pañcat. &c. [ID=44564]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Compassion, pity, tenderness
करुणा (karuṇā) [Printed book page 0381-a]
करुणा (karuṇā) Compassion, pity, tenderness; प्रायः सर्वो भवति (prāyaḥ sarvo bhavati) करुणा (karuṇā)वृत्तिरार्द्रांतरात्मा (karuṇāvṛttirārdrāṃtarātmā) Meghadūta (Bombay) 93 ; so सकरुण (sakaruṇa) kind; अकरुण (akaruṇa) unkind.
करुणा (karuṇā) Compassion, pity, tenderness; प्रायः सर्वो भवति (prāyaḥ sarvo bhavati) करुणा (karuṇā)वृत्तिरार्द्रांतरात्मा (karuṇāvṛttirārdrāṃtarātmā) Meghadūta (Bombay) 93 ; so सकरुण (sakaruṇa) kind; अकरुण (akaruṇa) unkind.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
very kind
— पर, -मय (para, -maya) a. very kind.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Tender, pitiable, or exciting compassion
करुण (karuṇa)ा (karuṇā) [Printed book page 170-04]
करुण (karuṇa) (I) a. (f. णा (ṇā)) Tender, pitiable, exciting compassion, विकलकरुण (karuṇa)ैरार्यचरितैः (vikalakaruṇairāryacaritaiḥ) Ut. i. [ID=8379.1]
करुण (karuṇa) (I) a. (f. णा (ṇā)) Tender, pitiable, exciting compassion, विकलकरुण (karuṇa)ैरार्यचरितैः (vikalakaruṇairāryacaritaiḥ) Ut. i. [ID=8379.1]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Compassion, pity
[Printed book page 170-05]
करुणा (karuṇā) f. Compassion, pity, करुणा (karuṇā)विमुखेन मृत्युना (karuṇāvimukhena mṛtyunā) R. viii.67, Megh. ii.30. [ID=8383]
करुणा (karuṇā) f. Compassion, pity, करुणा (karuṇā)विमुखेन मृत्युना (karuṇāvimukhena mṛtyunā) R. viii.67, Megh. ii.30. [ID=8383]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Mournful, Lamenting, Distressed
3 definitions
mournful, miserable, lamenting
(H1) [Printed book page 255,2]
करुण (karuṇa) mf(आ (ā))n. (√1. कॄ (kṝ), Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) iii, 53 ; but in some of its meanings fr. √1. कृ (kṛ)), mournful, miserable, lamenting, MBh.; Daś. &c. [ID=44557]
करुण (karuṇa) mf(आ (ā))n. (√1. कॄ (kṝ), Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) iii, 53 ; but in some of its meanings fr. √1. कृ (kṛ)), mournful, miserable, lamenting, MBh.; Daś. &c. [ID=44557]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
mournfully, woefully, or pitifully
(H1C) [Printed book page 255,3]
करुणम् (karuṇam) (अम् (am)), ind. mournfully, woefully, pitifully, in distress, MBh.; Pañcat.; Vet. &c. [ID=44559]
करुणम् (karuṇam) (अम् (am)), ind. mournfully, woefully, pitifully, in distress, MBh.; Pañcat.; Vet. &c. [ID=44559]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a piteous wail
— स्वनः -ध्वनिः (svanaḥ -dhvaniḥ) a cry of distress, a piteous tone, wail. [ID=10359]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Names of Specific Plants
2 definitions
Citrus Decumana
Citrus Decumana, L. [ID=44561]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a particular plant
(H1B) [Printed book page 255,3]
करुणी (karuṇī) (ई (ī)), f. a particular plant, L. [ID=44568]
करुणी (karuṇī) (ई (ī)), f. a particular plant, L. [ID=44568]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Pathetic Sentiment (Karuṇa Rasa)
2 definitions
the pathetic sentiment in poetry
(H1B) [Printed book page 255,3]
करुण (karuṇa) (अस् (as)), m. ‘causing pity or compassion’, one of the Rasas or sentiments of a poem, the pathetic sentiment, Sāh. &c. [ID=44560]
करुण (karuṇa) (अस् (as)), m. ‘causing pity or compassion’, one of the Rasas or sentiments of a poem, the pathetic sentiment, Sāh. &c. [ID=44560]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the sentiment of compassion
the sentiment of compassion (cf. above), L. [ID=44566]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Proper Name or Title of Beings
2 definitions
a Buddha
a Buddha, L. [ID=44562]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Name of an Asura
N. of an Asura, Hariv. [ID=44563]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A Specific Musical Tone
1 definition
a particular musical tone
a particular tone (in mus.) [ID=44567]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Action, Sacred Deed
1 definition
an action or holy work
करुण (karuṇa) (अम् (am)), n. an action, holy work, Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 100, 7; Atharva-veda (Title) xii, 3, 47; Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) i. [ID=44569]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Compassion in Religious/Philosophical Practice
1 definition
one of the four Brahma-viharas
one of the four Brahma-vihāras (Buddh.) [ID=44565]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.