"कर्मन्" meaning in Sanskrit

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Noun

IPA: /kɐ́ɾ.mɐn/ [Vedic], /ˈkɐɾ.mɐn̪/ [Classical]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”). Agent noun, according to Uṇ. iv, 144 synchronically equivalent to the verbal root कृ (kṛ, “to do, make, perform etc.”) + -मन् (-man). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*kárma}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*kárma}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*kʷer-||to do, make}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”), {{saAbbrName2No|Uṇ}} 579, {{sa-a|Uṇ}} Uṇ., {{suf|sa|कृ|मन्|t1=to do, make, perform etc.}} कृ (kṛ, “to do, make, perform etc.”) + -मन् (-man) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n|tr=kárman}} कर्मन् • (kárman) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n|kárman}} Forms: kárman [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], कर्म [nominative, singular], कर्मणी [dual, nominative], कर्माणि [nominative, plural], कर्म1 [nominative, plural], कर्मा1 [nominative, plural], कर्मन् [singular, vocative], कर्म [singular, vocative], कर्मणी [dual, vocative], कर्माणि [plural, vocative], कर्म1 [plural, vocative], कर्मा1 [plural, vocative], कर्म [accusative, singular], कर्मणी [accusative, dual], कर्माणि [accusative, plural], कर्म1 [accusative, plural], कर्मा1 [accusative, plural], कर्मणा [instrumental, singular], कर्मभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], कर्मभिः [instrumental, plural], कर्मणे [dative, singular], कर्मभ्याम् [dative, dual], कर्मभ्यः [dative, plural], कर्मणः [ablative, singular], कर्मभ्याम् [ablative, dual], कर्मभ्यः [ablative, plural], कर्मणः [genitive, singular], कर्मणोः [dual, genitive], कर्मणाम् [genitive, plural], कर्मणि [locative, singular], कर्मन्1 [locative, singular], कर्मणोः [dual, locative], कर्मसु [locative, plural]
  1. act, action, performance, business (RV., AV., ŚBr., MBh. etc.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-fLFVAiIc
  2. office, special duty, occupation, obligation; frequently at the end of a compound, the first member of the compound being either the person who performs the action
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-okSzNDHl Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
  3. or the person or thing for or towards whom the action is performed
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-CefjAeZ9 Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
  4. or a specification of the action (ŚBr., Mn., Bhartṛ. etc.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-f3VVaJfs Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
  5. any religious act or rite (as sacrifice, oblation etc., especially as originating in the hope of future recompense and as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of spirit) (RV., AV., VS., Ragh. etc.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-4SfaAkBV
  6. work, labour, activity (as opposed to rest, प्रशान्ति (praśānti)) (Hit., RPrāt. etc.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-fAGsND25
  7. physicking, medical attendance (Car.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-YayEK~H6
  8. action consisting in motion, as the third among the seven categories of the Nyaya philosophy; of these motions there are five, namely उत्क्षेपण (ut-kṣepaṇa), अवक्षेपण (ava-kṣepaṇa), आकुञ्चन (ā-kuñcana), प्रसारण (prasāraṇa), and गमन (gamana) (Bhāshāp., Tarkas.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-JMUxhq9k Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms suffixed with -मन्, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -मन्: 4 6 4 3 10 14 6 18 3 6 3 7 5 10 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 8 9 7 7 8 2 13 4 8 7 5 6 12
  9. calculation (Sūryas.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-jTRzANkO
  10. product, result, effect (Mn. xii, 98 Suśr.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-2s~tNMz8
  11. organ of sense or action (ŚBr. xiv)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-U2Bt72li Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
  12. (grammar) the object that it stands either in the accusative (in active construction), or in the nominative (in passive construction), or in the genitive (in connection with a noun of action); opposed to कर्तृ (kartṛ́), the subject. (Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff.) It is of four kinds, namely a. निर्वर्त्य (nir-vartya), when anything new is produced: Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-IdzA77ND Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  13. former act as leading to inevitable results, fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life); karma (Pañcat., Hit., Buddh.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-hTDoipyy Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
  14. the tenth lunar mansion (VarBṛS. etc.)
    Sense id: en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-dlORE2Qq Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 6 8 7 4 7 9 3 12 5 6 5 5 6 16 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 8 9 7 7 8 2 13 4 8 7 5 6 12

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dardic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kls",
            "2": "krom"
          },
          "expansion": "Kalasha: krom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kalasha: krom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ks",
            "2": "کٲم"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashmiri: کٲم (kạ̄m)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashmiri: کٲم (kạ̄m)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pra",
            "2": "𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma)\nCentral:\nWestern Hindi:\nOld Hindi: काम (kāma)\nBraj: काम (kām)\nHindustani: kām\nHindi: काम\nUrdu: کَام\nEastern:\nBengali-Assamese:\nEarly Assamese: কাম (kamo)\nAssamese: কাম (kam)\nOld Bengali: কাম (kāma)\nMiddle Bengali: কাম (kam)\nBengali: কাম (kam)\nRohingya: ham\nChakma: 𑄇𑄟𑄴 (kām)\nBihari:\nBhojpuri: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nKaithi script: 𑂍𑂰𑂧\nMaithili: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nTirhuta script: 𑒏𑒰𑒧\nOdia: କାମ (kamô)\nNorthern:\nCentral Pahari:\nGarhwali: काम (kām)\nEastern Pahari:\nNepali: काम (kām)\nWestern Pahari:\nDogri: kamma\nDevanagari script: कम्म\nDogra script: 𑠊𑠢𑠹𑠢\nNorthwestern:\nKachchi: કમ (kam)\nOld Punjabi: ਕੰਮੁ (kammu)\nPunjabi: kamm\nGurmukhi script: ਕੰਮ\nShahmukhi script: کَمّ\nSaraiki: kamm\nDevanagari script: कम्म\nMultani script: 𑊄𑊠\nShahmukhi script: کَمّ\nSindhi: kamu\nArabic script: ڪَمُ\nDevanagari script: कमु\nKhudawadi script: 𑊺𑋗𑋣\nSouthern:\nInsular:\nDhivehi: ކަން (kan̊)\nSinhalese: කම (kama)\nMarathi-Konkani:\nKonkani: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nKannada script: ಕಾಮ್\nLatin script: kam\nOld Marathi: kāma\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nMarathi: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nVarhadi: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nWestern:\nAhirani: काम (kām)\nOld Gujarati: कंम (kaṃma)\nGojri: کَم (kamm)\nMiddle Gujarati: काम\nGujarati: કામ (kām), કામું (kāmũ)\nMalvi: काम (kām)\nMarwari:\nDevanagari script: काम (kām)\nMahajani script: 𑅕𑅬 (km)\nNimadi: काम (kām)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma)\nCentral:\nWestern Hindi:\nOld Hindi: काम (kāma)\nBraj: काम (kām)\nHindustani: kām\nHindi: काम\nUrdu: کَام\nEastern:\nBengali-Assamese:\nEarly Assamese: কাম (kamo)\nAssamese: কাম (kam)\nOld Bengali: কাম (kāma)\nMiddle Bengali: কাম (kam)\nBengali: কাম (kam)\nRohingya: ham\nChakma: 𑄇𑄟𑄴 (kām)\nBihari:\nBhojpuri: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nKaithi script: 𑂍𑂰𑂧\nMaithili: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nTirhuta script: 𑒏𑒰𑒧\nOdia: କାମ (kamô)\nNorthern:\nCentral Pahari:\nGarhwali: काम (kām)\nEastern Pahari:\nNepali: काम (kām)\nWestern Pahari:\nDogri: kamma\nDevanagari script: कम्म\nDogra script: 𑠊𑠢𑠹𑠢\nNorthwestern:\nKachchi: કમ (kam)\nOld Punjabi: ਕੰਮੁ (kammu)\nPunjabi: kamm\nGurmukhi script: ਕੰਮ\nShahmukhi script: کَمّ\nSaraiki: kamm\nDevanagari script: कम्म\nMultani script: 𑊄𑊠\nShahmukhi script: کَمّ\nSindhi: kamu\nArabic script: ڪَمُ\nDevanagari script: कमु\nKhudawadi script: 𑊺𑋗𑋣\nSouthern:\nInsular:\nDhivehi: ކަން (kan̊)\nSinhalese: කම (kama)\nMarathi-Konkani:\nKonkani: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nKannada script: ಕಾಮ್\nLatin script: kam\nOld Marathi: kāma\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nMarathi: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nVarhadi: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nWestern:\nAhirani: काम (kām)\nOld Gujarati: कंम (kaṃma)\nGojri: کَم (kamm)\nMiddle Gujarati: काम\nGujarati: કામ (kām), કામું (kāmũ)\nMalvi: काम (kām)\nMarwari:\nDevanagari script: काम (kām)\nMahajani script: 𑅕𑅬 (km)\nNimadi: काम (kām)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "kamma"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: kamma\n→ Burmese: ကံ (kam)\n→ Khmer: កម្ម (kam)\n→ Lao: ກຳ (kam)\n→ Thai: กรรม (gam)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: kamma\n→ Burmese: ကံ (kam)\n→ Khmer: កម្ម (kam)\n→ Lao: ກຳ (kam)\n→ Thai: กรรม (gam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "কর্ম",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: কর্ম (kormo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: কর্ম (kormo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltc",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "羯磨"
          },
          "expansion": "羯磨 (MC kjot ma|maH)",
          "name": "ltc-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Chinese: 羯磨 (MC kjot ma|maH)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "羯磨",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "katsuma"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: 羯磨 (katsuma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: 羯磨 (katsuma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "갈마",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 갈마 (galma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 갈마 (galma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "perhaps via English"
          },
          "expansion": "(perhaps via English)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: karma (perhaps via English)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "karmo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: karmo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: karmo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "კარმა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: კარმა (ḳarma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: კარმა (ḳarma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "કર્મ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: કર્મ (karma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: કર્મ (karma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "कर्म",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: कर्म (karm)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: कर्म (karm)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "カルマ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "karuma"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: カルマ (karuma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: カルマ (karuma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಕರ್ಮ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಕರ್ಮ (karma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಕರ್ಮ (karma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "okz",
            "2": "karmma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Khmer: karmma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Khmer: karmma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "กรรม",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: กรรม (gam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: กรรม (gam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "കർമ്മം",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: കർമ്മം (kaṟmmaṁ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: കർമ്മം (kaṟmmaṁ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "कर्म",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: कर्म (karma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: कर्म (karma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "omr",
            "2": "𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘦",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘦 (karma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘦 (karma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "କର୍ମ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: କର୍ମ (kôrmô)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: କର୍ମ (kôrmô)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "carma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: carma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: carma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਕਰਮ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਕਰਮ (karam)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "کَرَم",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: کَرَم (karam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਕਰਮ (karam)/→ Punjabi: کَرَم (karam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ка́рма",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ка́рма (kárma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ка́рма (kárma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ка̏рма",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ка̏рма",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "kȁrma"
          },
          "expansion": "kȁrma",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ка̏рма / kȁrma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "கருமம்",
            "3": "கர்மா",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: கருமம் (karumam), கர்மா (karmā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: கருமம் (karumam), கர்மா (karmā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "కర్మ",
            "3": "కర్మము",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: కర్మ (karma), కర్మము (karmamu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: కర్మ (karma), కర్మము (karmamu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "kārm",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tocharian B: kārm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tocharian B: kārm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: karma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*kárma"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kárma"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to do, make"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Uṇ"
      },
      "expansion": "579",
      "name": "saAbbrName2No"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Uṇ"
      },
      "expansion": "Uṇ.",
      "name": "sa-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कृ",
        "3": "मन्",
        "t1": "to do, make, perform etc."
      },
      "expansion": "कृ (kṛ, “to do, make, perform etc.”) + -मन् (-man)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).\nAgent noun, according to Uṇ. iv, 144 synchronically equivalent to the verbal root कृ (kṛ, “to do, make, perform etc.”) + -मन् (-man).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kárman",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म",
      "roman": "kárma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणी",
      "roman": "kármaṇī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्माणि",
      "roman": "kármāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म1",
      "roman": "kárma1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मा1",
      "roman": "kármā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मन्",
      "roman": "kárman",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म",
      "roman": "kárma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणी",
      "roman": "kármaṇī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्माणि",
      "roman": "kármāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म1",
      "roman": "kárma1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मा1",
      "roman": "kármā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म",
      "roman": "kárma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणी",
      "roman": "kármaṇī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्माणि",
      "roman": "kármāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म1",
      "roman": "kárma1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मा1",
      "roman": "kármā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणा",
      "roman": "kármaṇā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्याम्",
      "roman": "kármabhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभिः",
      "roman": "kármabhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणे",
      "roman": "kármaṇe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्याम्",
      "roman": "kármabhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्यः",
      "roman": "kármabhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणः",
      "roman": "kármaṇaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्याम्",
      "roman": "kármabhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्यः",
      "roman": "kármabhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणः",
      "roman": "kármaṇaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणोः",
      "roman": "kármaṇoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणाम्",
      "roman": "kármaṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणि",
      "roman": "kármaṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मन्1",
      "roman": "kárman1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणोः",
      "roman": "kármaṇoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मसु",
      "roman": "kármasu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "kárman"
      },
      "expansion": "कर्मन् • (kárman) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kárman"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "RV 1.31.8c तवं नो अग्ने सनये धनानां यशसं कारुं कर्णुहि सतवानः | रध्याम कर्मापसा नवेन देवैर्द्यावाप्र्थिवी परावतं नः || tvaṃ no agne sanaye dhanānāṃ yaśasaṃ kāruṃ kṛṇuhi stavānaḥ | ṛdhyāma karmāpasā navena devairdyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṃ naḥ || O Agni, highly lauded, make our singer famous that he may win us store of riches",
          "text": "May we improve the rite with new performance. O Earth and Heaven, with all the Gods, protect us."
        },
        {
          "text": "RV 1.62.6a\nतदु परयक्षतममस्य कर्म दस्मस्य चारुतममस्ति दंसः |\nउपह्वरे यदुपरा अपिन्वन मध्वर्णसो नद्यश्चतस्रः ||\ntadu prayakṣatamamasya karma dasmasya cārutamamasti daṃsaḥ |\nupahvare yaduparā apinvan madhvarṇaso nadyaścatasraḥ ||\nThis is the deed most worthy of all honour, the fairest marvel of the Wonder-Worker,\nThat, nigh where heaven bends down, he made four rivers flow full with waves that carry down sweet water."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "act, action, performance, business (RV., AV., ŚBr., MBh. etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-fLFVAiIc",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the business or occupation of a merchant, trade",
          "text": "वणिक्कर्मन् (vaṇik-karman)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "office, special duty, occupation, obligation; frequently at the end of a compound, the first member of the compound being either the person who performs the action"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-okSzNDHl",
      "links": [
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the business or duty of a king",
          "text": "राजकर्मन् (rāja-karman)"
        },
        {
          "english": "the act of offering the victim, sacrifice",
          "text": "पशुकर्मन् (paśu-karman)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or the person or thing for or towards whom the action is performed"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-CefjAeZ9",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a heroic deed",
          "text": "शौर्यकर्मन् (śaurya-karman)"
        },
        {
          "english": "an act of friendship or love, kind action",
          "text": "प्रीतिकर्मन् (prīti-karman)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or a specification of the action (ŚBr., Mn., Bhartṛ. etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-f3VVaJfs",
      "links": [
        [
          "specification",
          "specification"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "RV 6.37.2a\nप्रो द्रोणे हरयः कर्माग्मन् पुनानास ऋज्यन्तो अभूवन् |\nइन्द्रो नो अस्य पूर्व्यः पपीयाद् द्युक्षो मदस्य सोम्यस्य राजा ||\npro droṇe harayaḥ karmāgman punānāsa ṛjyanto abhūvan |\nindro no asya pūrvyaḥ papīyād dyukṣo madasya somyasya rājā ||\nForth to the vat the brown drops flow for service, and purified proceed directly forward.\nMay Indra drink of this, our guest aforetime, Celestial King of the strong draught of Soma."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any religious act or rite (as sacrifice, oblation etc., especially as originating in the hope of future recompense and as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of spirit) (RV., AV., VS., Ragh. etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-4SfaAkBV",
      "links": [
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "rite",
          "rite"
        ],
        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ],
        [
          "oblation",
          "oblation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "work, labour, activity (as opposed to rest, प्रशान्ति (praśānti)) (Hit., RPrāt. etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-fAGsND25",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labour",
          "labour"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "rest",
          "rest"
        ],
        [
          "प्रशान्ति",
          "प्रशान्ति#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "physicking, medical attendance (Car.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-YayEK~H6",
      "links": [
        [
          "physicking",
          "physicking"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "attendance",
          "attendance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 4 3 10 14 6 18 3 6 3 7 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -मन्",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 9 7 7 8 2 13 4 8 7 5 6 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "action consisting in motion, as the third among the seven categories of the Nyaya philosophy; of these motions there are five, namely उत्क्षेपण (ut-kṣepaṇa), अवक्षेपण (ava-kṣepaṇa), आकुञ्चन (ā-kuñcana), प्रसारण (prasāraṇa), and गमन (gamana) (Bhāshāp., Tarkas.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-JMUxhq9k",
      "links": [
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "Nyaya",
          "Nyaya"
        ],
        [
          "उत्क्षेपण",
          "उत्क्षेपण#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "अवक्षेपण",
          "अवक्षेपण#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "आकुञ्चन",
          "आकुञ्चन#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "प्रसारण",
          "प्रसारण#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "गमन",
          "गमन#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "calculation (Sūryas.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-jTRzANkO",
      "links": [
        [
          "calculation",
          "calculation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "product, result, effect (Mn. xii, 98 Suśr.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-2s~tNMz8",
      "links": [
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "an organ of sense",
          "text": "कर्मेन्द्रिय (karme-ndriya)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "organ of sense or action (ŚBr. xiv)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-U2Bt72li",
      "links": [
        [
          "organ",
          "organ"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "sa:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he makes a mat",
          "text": "कटं करोति (kaṭaṃ karoti)"
        },
        {
          "text": "पुत्रं प्रसूते (putraṃ prasūte) — she bears a son; विकार्य (vi-kārya), when change is implied either of the substance and form:"
        },
        {
          "english": "he reduces fuel to ashes; or of the form only e.g.",
          "text": "काष्ठं भस्म करोति (kāṣṭhaṃ bhasma karoti)"
        },
        {
          "text": "सुवर्णं कुण्डलं करोति (suvarṇaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ karoti) — he fashions gold into an ear-ring; प्राप्य (prā-pya), when any desired object is attained:"
        },
        {
          "english": "he goes to the village",
          "text": "ग्रामं गच्छति (grāmaṃ gacchati)"
        },
        {
          "text": "चन्द्रं पश्यति (candraṃ paśyati) — he sees the moon; अनीप्सित (an-īpsita), when an undesired object is abandoned:"
        },
        {
          "english": "he leaves the wicked",
          "text": "पापं त्यजति (pāpaṃ tyajati)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the object that it stands either in the accusative (in active construction), or in the nominative (in passive construction), or in the genitive (in connection with a noun of action); opposed to कर्तृ (kartṛ́), the subject. (Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff.) It is of four kinds, namely a. निर्वर्त्य (nir-vartya), when anything new is produced:",
        "the object that it stands either in the accusative (in active construction), or in the nominative (in passive construction), or in the genitive (in connection with a noun of action); opposed to कर्तृ (kartṛ́), the subject. (Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff.) It is of four kinds, namely a. निर्वर्त्य (nir-vartya), when anything new is produced"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-IdzA77ND",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "कर्तृ",
          "कर्तृ#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "निर्वर्त्य",
          "निर्वर्त्य#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) the object that it stands either in the accusative (in active construction), or in the nominative (in passive construction), or in the genitive (in connection with a noun of action); opposed to कर्तृ (kartṛ́), the subject. (Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff.) It is of four kinds, namely a. निर्वर्त्य (nir-vartya), when anything new is produced:"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"ripening of acts\", matured result of previous acts or actions done in a former birth",
          "text": "कर्मपाक (karma-pāka)"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"the ripening of actions\" i.e. the good or evil consequences in this life of human acts performed in previous births",
          "text": "कर्मविपाक (karma-vipāka)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "former act as leading to inevitable results, fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life); karma (Pañcat., Hit., Buddh.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-hTDoipyy",
      "links": [
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "karma",
          "karma"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 8 7 4 7 9 3 12 5 6 5 5 6 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 8 9 7 7 8 2 13 4 8 7 5 6 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the tenth lunar mansion (VarBṛS. etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-कर्मन्-sa-noun-dlORE2Qq",
      "links": [
        [
          "lunar",
          "lunar"
        ],
        [
          "mansion",
          "mansion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ́ɾ.mɐn/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɐɾ.mɐn̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "कर्मन्"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Sanskrit an-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit neuter nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -मन्",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dardic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kls",
            "2": "krom"
          },
          "expansion": "Kalasha: krom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kalasha: krom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ks",
            "2": "کٲم"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashmiri: کٲم (kạ̄m)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashmiri: کٲم (kạ̄m)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pra",
            "2": "𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma)\nCentral:\nWestern Hindi:\nOld Hindi: काम (kāma)\nBraj: काम (kām)\nHindustani: kām\nHindi: काम\nUrdu: کَام\nEastern:\nBengali-Assamese:\nEarly Assamese: কাম (kamo)\nAssamese: কাম (kam)\nOld Bengali: কাম (kāma)\nMiddle Bengali: কাম (kam)\nBengali: কাম (kam)\nRohingya: ham\nChakma: 𑄇𑄟𑄴 (kām)\nBihari:\nBhojpuri: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nKaithi script: 𑂍𑂰𑂧\nMaithili: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nTirhuta script: 𑒏𑒰𑒧\nOdia: କାମ (kamô)\nNorthern:\nCentral Pahari:\nGarhwali: काम (kām)\nEastern Pahari:\nNepali: काम (kām)\nWestern Pahari:\nDogri: kamma\nDevanagari script: कम्म\nDogra script: 𑠊𑠢𑠹𑠢\nNorthwestern:\nKachchi: કમ (kam)\nOld Punjabi: ਕੰਮੁ (kammu)\nPunjabi: kamm\nGurmukhi script: ਕੰਮ\nShahmukhi script: کَمّ\nSaraiki: kamm\nDevanagari script: कम्म\nMultani script: 𑊄𑊠\nShahmukhi script: کَمّ\nSindhi: kamu\nArabic script: ڪَمُ\nDevanagari script: कमु\nKhudawadi script: 𑊺𑋗𑋣\nSouthern:\nInsular:\nDhivehi: ކަން (kan̊)\nSinhalese: කම (kama)\nMarathi-Konkani:\nKonkani: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nKannada script: ಕಾಮ್\nLatin script: kam\nOld Marathi: kāma\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nMarathi: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nVarhadi: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nWestern:\nAhirani: काम (kām)\nOld Gujarati: कंम (kaṃma)\nGojri: کَم (kamm)\nMiddle Gujarati: काम\nGujarati: કામ (kām), કામું (kāmũ)\nMalvi: काम (kām)\nMarwari:\nDevanagari script: काम (kām)\nMahajani script: 𑅕𑅬 (km)\nNimadi: काम (kām)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma)\nCentral:\nWestern Hindi:\nOld Hindi: काम (kāma)\nBraj: काम (kām)\nHindustani: kām\nHindi: काम\nUrdu: کَام\nEastern:\nBengali-Assamese:\nEarly Assamese: কাম (kamo)\nAssamese: কাম (kam)\nOld Bengali: কাম (kāma)\nMiddle Bengali: কাম (kam)\nBengali: কাম (kam)\nRohingya: ham\nChakma: 𑄇𑄟𑄴 (kām)\nBihari:\nBhojpuri: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nKaithi script: 𑂍𑂰𑂧\nMaithili: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nTirhuta script: 𑒏𑒰𑒧\nOdia: କାମ (kamô)\nNorthern:\nCentral Pahari:\nGarhwali: काम (kām)\nEastern Pahari:\nNepali: काम (kām)\nWestern Pahari:\nDogri: kamma\nDevanagari script: कम्म\nDogra script: 𑠊𑠢𑠹𑠢\nNorthwestern:\nKachchi: કમ (kam)\nOld Punjabi: ਕੰਮੁ (kammu)\nPunjabi: kamm\nGurmukhi script: ਕੰਮ\nShahmukhi script: کَمّ\nSaraiki: kamm\nDevanagari script: कम्म\nMultani script: 𑊄𑊠\nShahmukhi script: کَمّ\nSindhi: kamu\nArabic script: ڪَمُ\nDevanagari script: कमु\nKhudawadi script: 𑊺𑋗𑋣\nSouthern:\nInsular:\nDhivehi: ކަން (kan̊)\nSinhalese: කම (kama)\nMarathi-Konkani:\nKonkani: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nKannada script: ಕಾಮ್\nLatin script: kam\nOld Marathi: kāma\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nMarathi: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nVarhadi: kām\nDevanagari script: काम\nModi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘦\nWestern:\nAhirani: काम (kām)\nOld Gujarati: कंम (kaṃma)\nGojri: کَم (kamm)\nMiddle Gujarati: काम\nGujarati: કામ (kām), કામું (kāmũ)\nMalvi: काम (kām)\nMarwari:\nDevanagari script: काम (kām)\nMahajani script: 𑅕𑅬 (km)\nNimadi: काम (kām)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "kamma"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: kamma\n→ Burmese: ကံ (kam)\n→ Khmer: កម្ម (kam)\n→ Lao: ກຳ (kam)\n→ Thai: กรรม (gam)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: kamma\n→ Burmese: ကံ (kam)\n→ Khmer: កម្ម (kam)\n→ Lao: ກຳ (kam)\n→ Thai: กรรม (gam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "কর্ম",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: কর্ম (kormo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: কর্ম (kormo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltc",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "羯磨"
          },
          "expansion": "羯磨 (MC kjot ma|maH)",
          "name": "ltc-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Chinese: 羯磨 (MC kjot ma|maH)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "羯磨",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "katsuma"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: 羯磨 (katsuma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: 羯磨 (katsuma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "갈마",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 갈마 (galma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 갈마 (galma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "perhaps via English"
          },
          "expansion": "(perhaps via English)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: karma (perhaps via English)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "karmo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: karmo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: karmo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "კარმა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: კარმა (ḳarma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: კარმა (ḳarma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "કર્મ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: કર્મ (karma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: કર્મ (karma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "कर्म",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: कर्म (karm)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: कर्म (karm)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "カルマ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "karuma"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: カルマ (karuma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: カルマ (karuma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಕರ್ಮ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಕರ್ಮ (karma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಕರ್ಮ (karma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "okz",
            "2": "karmma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Khmer: karmma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Khmer: karmma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "กรรม",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: กรรม (gam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: กรรม (gam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "കർമ്മം",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: കർമ്മം (kaṟmmaṁ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: കർമ്മം (kaṟmmaṁ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "कर्म",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: कर्म (karma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: कर्म (karma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "omr",
            "2": "𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘦",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘦 (karma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘦 (karma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "କର୍ମ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: କର୍ମ (kôrmô)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: କର୍ମ (kôrmô)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "carma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: carma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: carma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਕਰਮ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਕਰਮ (karam)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "کَرَم",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: کَرَم (karam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਕਰਮ (karam)/→ Punjabi: کَرَم (karam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ка́рма",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ка́рма (kárma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ка́рма (kárma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ка̏рма",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ка̏рма",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "kȁrma"
          },
          "expansion": "kȁrma",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ка̏рма / kȁrma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: karma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "கருமம்",
            "3": "கர்மா",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: கருமம் (karumam), கர்மா (karmā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: கருமம் (karumam), கர்மா (karmā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "కర్మ",
            "3": "కర్మము",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: కర్మ (karma), కర్మము (karmamu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: కర్మ (karma), కర్మము (karmamu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "kārm",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tocharian B: kārm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tocharian B: kārm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "karma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: karma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: karma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*kárma"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kárma"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to do, make"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Uṇ"
      },
      "expansion": "579",
      "name": "saAbbrName2No"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Uṇ"
      },
      "expansion": "Uṇ.",
      "name": "sa-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "कृ",
        "3": "मन्",
        "t1": "to do, make, perform etc."
      },
      "expansion": "कृ (kṛ, “to do, make, perform etc.”) + -मन् (-man)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).\nAgent noun, according to Uṇ. iv, 144 synchronically equivalent to the verbal root कृ (kṛ, “to do, make, perform etc.”) + -मन् (-man).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kárman",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म",
      "roman": "kárma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणी",
      "roman": "kármaṇī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्माणि",
      "roman": "kármāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म1",
      "roman": "kárma1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मा1",
      "roman": "kármā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मन्",
      "roman": "kárman",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म",
      "roman": "kárma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणी",
      "roman": "kármaṇī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्माणि",
      "roman": "kármāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म1",
      "roman": "kárma1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मा1",
      "roman": "kármā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म",
      "roman": "kárma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणी",
      "roman": "kármaṇī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्माणि",
      "roman": "kármāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्म1",
      "roman": "kárma1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मा1",
      "roman": "kármā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणा",
      "roman": "kármaṇā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्याम्",
      "roman": "kármabhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभिः",
      "roman": "kármabhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणे",
      "roman": "kármaṇe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्याम्",
      "roman": "kármabhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्यः",
      "roman": "kármabhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणः",
      "roman": "kármaṇaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्याम्",
      "roman": "kármabhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मभ्यः",
      "roman": "kármabhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणः",
      "roman": "kármaṇaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणोः",
      "roman": "kármaṇoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणाम्",
      "roman": "kármaṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणि",
      "roman": "kármaṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मन्1",
      "roman": "kárman1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मणोः",
      "roman": "kármaṇoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "कर्मसु",
      "roman": "kármasu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "kárman"
      },
      "expansion": "कर्मन् • (kárman) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kárman"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "RV 1.31.8c तवं नो अग्ने सनये धनानां यशसं कारुं कर्णुहि सतवानः | रध्याम कर्मापसा नवेन देवैर्द्यावाप्र्थिवी परावतं नः || tvaṃ no agne sanaye dhanānāṃ yaśasaṃ kāruṃ kṛṇuhi stavānaḥ | ṛdhyāma karmāpasā navena devairdyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṃ naḥ || O Agni, highly lauded, make our singer famous that he may win us store of riches",
          "text": "May we improve the rite with new performance. O Earth and Heaven, with all the Gods, protect us."
        },
        {
          "text": "RV 1.62.6a\nतदु परयक्षतममस्य कर्म दस्मस्य चारुतममस्ति दंसः |\nउपह्वरे यदुपरा अपिन्वन मध्वर्णसो नद्यश्चतस्रः ||\ntadu prayakṣatamamasya karma dasmasya cārutamamasti daṃsaḥ |\nupahvare yaduparā apinvan madhvarṇaso nadyaścatasraḥ ||\nThis is the deed most worthy of all honour, the fairest marvel of the Wonder-Worker,\nThat, nigh where heaven bends down, he made four rivers flow full with waves that carry down sweet water."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "act, action, performance, business (RV., AV., ŚBr., MBh. etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the business or occupation of a merchant, trade",
          "text": "वणिक्कर्मन् (vaṇik-karman)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "office, special duty, occupation, obligation; frequently at the end of a compound, the first member of the compound being either the person who performs the action"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the business or duty of a king",
          "text": "राजकर्मन् (rāja-karman)"
        },
        {
          "english": "the act of offering the victim, sacrifice",
          "text": "पशुकर्मन् (paśu-karman)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or the person or thing for or towards whom the action is performed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a heroic deed",
          "text": "शौर्यकर्मन् (śaurya-karman)"
        },
        {
          "english": "an act of friendship or love, kind action",
          "text": "प्रीतिकर्मन् (prīti-karman)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or a specification of the action (ŚBr., Mn., Bhartṛ. etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "specification",
          "specification"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "RV 6.37.2a\nप्रो द्रोणे हरयः कर्माग्मन् पुनानास ऋज्यन्तो अभूवन् |\nइन्द्रो नो अस्य पूर्व्यः पपीयाद् द्युक्षो मदस्य सोम्यस्य राजा ||\npro droṇe harayaḥ karmāgman punānāsa ṛjyanto abhūvan |\nindro no asya pūrvyaḥ papīyād dyukṣo madasya somyasya rājā ||\nForth to the vat the brown drops flow for service, and purified proceed directly forward.\nMay Indra drink of this, our guest aforetime, Celestial King of the strong draught of Soma."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any religious act or rite (as sacrifice, oblation etc., especially as originating in the hope of future recompense and as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of spirit) (RV., AV., VS., Ragh. etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "rite",
          "rite"
        ],
        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ],
        [
          "oblation",
          "oblation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "work, labour, activity (as opposed to rest, प्रशान्ति (praśānti)) (Hit., RPrāt. etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labour",
          "labour"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "rest",
          "rest"
        ],
        [
          "प्रशान्ति",
          "प्रशान्ति#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "physicking, medical attendance (Car.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physicking",
          "physicking"
        ],
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "attendance",
          "attendance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "action consisting in motion, as the third among the seven categories of the Nyaya philosophy; of these motions there are five, namely उत्क्षेपण (ut-kṣepaṇa), अवक्षेपण (ava-kṣepaṇa), आकुञ्चन (ā-kuñcana), प्रसारण (prasāraṇa), and गमन (gamana) (Bhāshāp., Tarkas.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "Nyaya",
          "Nyaya"
        ],
        [
          "उत्क्षेपण",
          "उत्क्षेपण#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "अवक्षेपण",
          "अवक्षेपण#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "आकुञ्चन",
          "आकुञ्चन#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "प्रसारण",
          "प्रसारण#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "गमन",
          "गमन#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "calculation (Sūryas.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calculation",
          "calculation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "product, result, effect (Mn. xii, 98 Suśr.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "an organ of sense",
          "text": "कर्मेन्द्रिय (karme-ndriya)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "organ of sense or action (ŚBr. xiv)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organ",
          "organ"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "sa:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he makes a mat",
          "text": "कटं करोति (kaṭaṃ karoti)"
        },
        {
          "text": "पुत्रं प्रसूते (putraṃ prasūte) — she bears a son; विकार्य (vi-kārya), when change is implied either of the substance and form:"
        },
        {
          "english": "he reduces fuel to ashes; or of the form only e.g.",
          "text": "काष्ठं भस्म करोति (kāṣṭhaṃ bhasma karoti)"
        },
        {
          "text": "सुवर्णं कुण्डलं करोति (suvarṇaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ karoti) — he fashions gold into an ear-ring; प्राप्य (prā-pya), when any desired object is attained:"
        },
        {
          "english": "he goes to the village",
          "text": "ग्रामं गच्छति (grāmaṃ gacchati)"
        },
        {
          "text": "चन्द्रं पश्यति (candraṃ paśyati) — he sees the moon; अनीप्सित (an-īpsita), when an undesired object is abandoned:"
        },
        {
          "english": "he leaves the wicked",
          "text": "पापं त्यजति (pāpaṃ tyajati)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the object that it stands either in the accusative (in active construction), or in the nominative (in passive construction), or in the genitive (in connection with a noun of action); opposed to कर्तृ (kartṛ́), the subject. (Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff.) It is of four kinds, namely a. निर्वर्त्य (nir-vartya), when anything new is produced:",
        "the object that it stands either in the accusative (in active construction), or in the nominative (in passive construction), or in the genitive (in connection with a noun of action); opposed to कर्तृ (kartṛ́), the subject. (Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff.) It is of four kinds, namely a. निर्वर्त्य (nir-vartya), when anything new is produced"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "कर्तृ",
          "कर्तृ#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "निर्वर्त्य",
          "निर्वर्त्य#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) the object that it stands either in the accusative (in active construction), or in the nominative (in passive construction), or in the genitive (in connection with a noun of action); opposed to कर्तृ (kartṛ́), the subject. (Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff.) It is of four kinds, namely a. निर्वर्त्य (nir-vartya), when anything new is produced:"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"ripening of acts\", matured result of previous acts or actions done in a former birth",
          "text": "कर्मपाक (karma-pāka)"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"the ripening of actions\" i.e. the good or evil consequences in this life of human acts performed in previous births",
          "text": "कर्मविपाक (karma-vipāka)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "former act as leading to inevitable results, fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life); karma (Pañcat., Hit., Buddh.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "karma",
          "karma"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the tenth lunar mansion (VarBṛS. etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lunar",
          "lunar"
        ],
        [
          "mansion",
          "mansion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐ́ɾ.mɐn/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɐɾ.mɐn̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "कर्मन्"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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