The corpus record — Sanskrit

kāraṇ

m Abgabe, Tribut (Mn, Yajü +)

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Where it lives

Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. كَرَ-

kara- m Abgabe, Tribut (Mn, Yajü +); kära-m dss (Pän 6,3, 10,ep) -Mi,ni, pkt kara- m Abgabe, usw (Tu 2780 [mit Verweis], TuAdd 2780) - Umstritten < mil. icklung einer Ableitung von KAR)- Sippen (- o 1307ff, 310ff, - ep + kara- ‘Lichtstrahl’ |KAR”], Uhl 45a)? Allenlalis für *kala- — kald- Bruchteil’ (o T321f) - Nur uoch fragend wırd die Verbindung mit ta karavu, karal 'inbute’ (= ta kara "to mitk’, Lit in KEWA I … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. kara-, p. 93]

2. kära-

kära- f Gefängnis (kl) - Mı, ni, pä kära- f Gelangnis, ua {Tu 3062f.) - Unklar Über ganz unglaubbafte Kombinationen s KEWA 1201 86 kärpanka- - külyam kärpatika-,s karpata- (o. TI 68) — [Mayrhofer, s.v. kära-, p. 119]

3. كَرَ

1. kara mf(ī, rarely ā)n. (for 2. See p. 254, col. 3 ) (√ 1. kṛ), a doer, maker, causer, doing, making, causing, producing ( esp. ifc. ; cf. duḥkhakara, bhayaṃk, sampatk, &c.; cf. Lat. cerus , ‘creator’), AV. xii, 2, 2 ; Mn. ; Pañcat. &c.

4. كَرَ

2. kara m. (for 1. See p. 253, col. 1 ) (√ kṝ), a ray of light, sunbeam, moonbeam, R. ; Megh. ; Pañcat. &c.

5. kāra

1. kāra mf(ī)n. (√ 1. kṛ, Pāṇ. iii, 2, 23 ), making, doing, working, a maker, doer ( ifc. See kumbhak, yajñak, suvarṇak)

In the wild

kāraṇ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,3.22

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. kara (vol. 3, scan pp. 613-614; entry #6790).

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