See कारण in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-ash",
"2": "𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡"
},
"expansion": "Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa)\nPrakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa) (see there for further descendants)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa)\nPrakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "kāraṇa"
},
"expansion": "Old Javanese: kāraṇa\nJavanese: ꦏꦫꦤ (karana, “reason, cause; because”), ꦏꦿꦤ (krana, “reason; because of”), ꦏꦼꦫꦤ (kerana, “because”)\n→ Balinese: ᬓᬭᬡ (karana, “cause, origin, reason”)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Javanese: kāraṇa\nJavanese: ꦏꦫꦤ (karana, “reason, cause; because”), ꦏꦿꦤ (krana, “reason; because of”), ꦏꦼꦫꦤ (kerana, “because”)\n→ Balinese: ᬓᬭᬡ (karana, “cause, origin, reason”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "kāraṇa"
},
"expansion": "Pali: kāraṇa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: kāraṇa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "कारण",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಕಾರಣ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಕಾರಣ (kāraṇa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಕಾರಣ (kāraṇa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "കാരണം",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: കാരണം (kāraṇaṁ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: കാരണം (kāraṇaṁ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "omr",
"2": "𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘜",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘜 (kāraṇa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘜 (kāraṇa)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "कारण"
},
"expansion": "Marathi: कारण (kāraṇ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Marathi: कारण (kāraṇ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "காரணம்",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: காரணம் (kāraṇam)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: காரணம் (kāraṇam)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "కారణము",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: కారణము (kāraṇamu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: కారణము (kāraṇamu)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "करण",
"tr": "káraṇa"
},
"expansion": "Vṛddhi derivative of करण (káraṇa)",
"name": "vrd"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "sa",
"3": "कृ"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷer-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "कृ",
"PIE": "kʷer",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "from the root कृ (kṛ)",
"name": "sa-root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Vṛddhi derivative of करण (káraṇa), from the root कृ (kṛ).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kāraṇa",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणम्",
"roman": "kāraṇam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणे",
"roman": "kāraṇe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणानि",
"roman": "kāraṇāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणा1",
"roman": "kāraṇā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारण",
"roman": "kāraṇa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणे",
"roman": "kāraṇe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणानि",
"roman": "kāraṇāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणा1",
"roman": "kāraṇā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणम्",
"roman": "kāraṇam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणे",
"roman": "kāraṇe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणानि",
"roman": "kāraṇāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणा1",
"roman": "kāraṇā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेन",
"roman": "kāraṇena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kāraṇābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणैः",
"roman": "kāraṇaiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेभिः1",
"roman": "kāraṇebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणाय",
"roman": "kāraṇāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kāraṇābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेभ्यः",
"roman": "kāraṇebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणात्",
"roman": "kāraṇāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kāraṇābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेभ्यः",
"roman": "kāraṇebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणस्य",
"roman": "kāraṇasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणयोः",
"roman": "kāraṇayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणानाम्",
"roman": "kāraṇānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणे",
"roman": "kāraṇe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणयोः",
"roman": "kāraṇayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेषु",
"roman": "kāraṇeṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "कारण • (kāraṇa) stem, n",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "19 5 10 4 6 5 1 1 4 15 16 1 5 1 2 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. Its association with that material nature is the cause for this. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species.",
"ref": "c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 13.22",
"roman": "puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijānguṇān. kāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgoʼsya sadasadyonijanmasu.",
"text": "पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्। कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु॥"
},
{
"ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.18.6",
"text": "स्वयं सञ्चिनुयात् सर्वमात्मनो वृत्तिकारणम्। देशकालबलाभिज्ञो नाददीतान्यदाहृतम्॥\nsvayaṃ sañcinuyāt sarvamātmano vṛttikāraṇam. deśakālabalābhijño nādadītānyadāhṛtam.\n[A Vānaprastha] should personally collect whatever he requires for his bodily maintenance [lit. cause of his own sustenance], carefully considering the time, place and his own capacity. He should never collect provisions for the future."
},
{
"english": "My dear Uddhava, I am the Supreme Lord of all worlds, and I create and destroy this universe, being its ultimate cause. I am thus the absolute truth, the cause [of the universe] and one who worships me with unfailing devotional service comes to me.",
"ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.18.45",
"roman": "bhaktyoddhavānapāyinyā sarvalokamaheśvaram. sarvotpattyapyayaṃ brahma kāraṇaṃ mopayāti saḥ.",
"text": "भक्त्योद्धवानपायिन्या सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्। सर्वोत्पत्त्यप्ययं ब्रह्म कारणं मोपयाति सः॥"
},
{
"ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.17.1",
"roman": "Śrī Maitreya said: The demigods, the inhabitants of the higher planets, were freed from all fear upon hearing the cause of the darkness explained by Brahmā, who was born from Viṣṇu. Thus they all returned to their respective planets.",
"text": "मैत्रेय उवाच\nनिशम्यात्मभुवा गीतं कारणं शङ्कयोज्झिताः। ततः सर्वे न्यवर्तन्त त्रिदिवाय दिवौकसः॥\nmaitreya uvāca\nniśamyātmabhuvā gītaṃ kāraṇaṃ śaṅkayojjhitāḥ. tataḥ sarve nyavartanta tridivāya divaukasaḥ."
}
],
"glosses": [
"cause, reason, factor"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-nhZ57dDb",
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"factor",
"factor"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is already elevated in yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means.",
"ref": "c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 6.3",
"roman": "ārurukṣormuneryogaṃ karma kāraṇamucyate. yogārūḍhasyatasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate.",
"text": "आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणम्उच्यते। योगारूढस्यतस्यैव शमः कारणम्उच्यते॥"
}
],
"glosses": [
"instrument, means"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-gZ1prD80",
"links": [
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"means",
"means"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"motive, origin, principle"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-MBWnGYnQ",
"links": [
[
"motive",
"motive"
],
[
"origin",
"origin"
],
[
"principle",
"principle"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an element, elementary matter"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-JP12ElCr",
"links": [
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
"elementary",
"elementary"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the origin or plot of a play or poem"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-vclj~SPL",
"links": [
[
"origin",
"origin"
],
[
"plot",
"plot"
],
[
"play",
"play"
],
[
"poem",
"poem"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "4 13 5 6 5 32 1 1 3 4 4 1 9 1 11 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 15 6 7 4 26 1 1 3 4 4 1 11 1 8 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 15 6 7 4 27 1 1 3 4 4 1 11 1 8 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 7 4 4 6 35 2 2 3 3 3 2 6 2 13 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit vrddhi derivatives",
"parents": [
"Vrddhi derivatives",
"Terms by etymology"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"that on which an opinion or judgement is founded (a sign, mark, a proof, a legal instrument, document)"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-NfcMYhUW",
"links": [
[
"opinion",
"opinion"
],
[
"judgement",
"judgement"
],
[
"founded",
"founded"
],
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"mark",
"mark"
],
[
"proof",
"proof"
],
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"document",
"document"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an organ of sense"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-Q2Hcu66v",
"links": [
[
"organ",
"organ"
],
[
"sense",
"sense"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an action"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-odmN-twY",
"links": [
[
"action",
"action"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"agency, instrumentality, condition"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-tjeqxCpR",
"links": [
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"instrumentality",
"instrumentality"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "19 5 10 4 6 5 1 1 4 15 16 1 5 1 2 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"\"the cause of being\", a father"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-7xsUoilE",
"links": [
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"father",
"father"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "19 5 10 4 6 5 1 1 4 15 16 1 5 1 2 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"\"cause of creation\", a deity"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-d7G8yUep",
"links": [
[
"creation",
"creation"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the body"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun--oJC6Z9I",
"links": [
[
"body",
"body"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a kind of musical instrument"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-XdX3dNYp",
"links": [
[
"musical instrument",
"musical instrument"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a sort of song"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-rA8Lx-11",
"links": [
[
"song",
"song"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a number of scribes or kāyasthas"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun--HUrrdmJ",
"links": [
[
"number",
"number"
],
[
"scribes",
"scribes"
],
[
"kāyastha",
"कायस्थ"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"killing, injury"
],
"id": "en-कारण-sa-noun-3757AWFn",
"links": [
[
"killing",
"killing"
],
[
"injury",
"injury"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɑː.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑː.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "कारण"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit neuter nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer-",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
"Sanskrit vrddhi derivatives"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-ash",
"2": "𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡"
},
"expansion": "Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa)\nPrakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa) (see there for further descendants)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa)\nPrakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "kāraṇa"
},
"expansion": "Old Javanese: kāraṇa\nJavanese: ꦏꦫꦤ (karana, “reason, cause; because”), ꦏꦿꦤ (krana, “reason; because of”), ꦏꦼꦫꦤ (kerana, “because”)\n→ Balinese: ᬓᬭᬡ (karana, “cause, origin, reason”)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Javanese: kāraṇa\nJavanese: ꦏꦫꦤ (karana, “reason, cause; because”), ꦏꦿꦤ (krana, “reason; because of”), ꦏꦼꦫꦤ (kerana, “because”)\n→ Balinese: ᬓᬭᬡ (karana, “cause, origin, reason”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "kāraṇa"
},
"expansion": "Pali: kāraṇa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: kāraṇa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "कारण",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಕಾರಣ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಕಾರಣ (kāraṇa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಕಾರಣ (kāraṇa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "കാരണം",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: കാരണം (kāraṇaṁ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: കാരണം (kāraṇaṁ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "omr",
"2": "𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘜",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘜 (kāraṇa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘜 (kāraṇa)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "कारण"
},
"expansion": "Marathi: कारण (kāraṇ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Marathi: कारण (kāraṇ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "காரணம்",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: காரணம் (kāraṇam)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: காரணம் (kāraṇam)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "కారణము",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: కారణము (kāraṇamu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: కారణము (kāraṇamu)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "करण",
"tr": "káraṇa"
},
"expansion": "Vṛddhi derivative of करण (káraṇa)",
"name": "vrd"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "sa",
"3": "कृ"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷer-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "कृ",
"PIE": "kʷer",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "from the root कृ (kṛ)",
"name": "sa-root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Vṛddhi derivative of करण (káraṇa), from the root कृ (kṛ).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kāraṇa",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणम्",
"roman": "kāraṇam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणे",
"roman": "kāraṇe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणानि",
"roman": "kāraṇāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणा1",
"roman": "kāraṇā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारण",
"roman": "kāraṇa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणे",
"roman": "kāraṇe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणानि",
"roman": "kāraṇāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणा1",
"roman": "kāraṇā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणम्",
"roman": "kāraṇam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणे",
"roman": "kāraṇe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणानि",
"roman": "kāraṇāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणा1",
"roman": "kāraṇā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेन",
"roman": "kāraṇena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kāraṇābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणैः",
"roman": "kāraṇaiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेभिः1",
"roman": "kāraṇebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणाय",
"roman": "kāraṇāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kāraṇābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेभ्यः",
"roman": "kāraṇebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणात्",
"roman": "kāraṇāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणाभ्याम्",
"roman": "kāraṇābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेभ्यः",
"roman": "kāraṇebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणस्य",
"roman": "kāraṇasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणयोः",
"roman": "kāraṇayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणानाम्",
"roman": "kāraṇānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणे",
"roman": "kāraṇe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणयोः",
"roman": "kāraṇayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "कारणेषु",
"roman": "kāraṇeṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "कारण • (kāraṇa) stem, n",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. Its association with that material nature is the cause for this. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species.",
"ref": "c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 13.22",
"roman": "puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijānguṇān. kāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgoʼsya sadasadyonijanmasu.",
"text": "पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्। कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु॥"
},
{
"ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.18.6",
"text": "स्वयं सञ्चिनुयात् सर्वमात्मनो वृत्तिकारणम्। देशकालबलाभिज्ञो नाददीतान्यदाहृतम्॥\nsvayaṃ sañcinuyāt sarvamātmano vṛttikāraṇam. deśakālabalābhijño nādadītānyadāhṛtam.\n[A Vānaprastha] should personally collect whatever he requires for his bodily maintenance [lit. cause of his own sustenance], carefully considering the time, place and his own capacity. He should never collect provisions for the future."
},
{
"english": "My dear Uddhava, I am the Supreme Lord of all worlds, and I create and destroy this universe, being its ultimate cause. I am thus the absolute truth, the cause [of the universe] and one who worships me with unfailing devotional service comes to me.",
"ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.18.45",
"roman": "bhaktyoddhavānapāyinyā sarvalokamaheśvaram. sarvotpattyapyayaṃ brahma kāraṇaṃ mopayāti saḥ.",
"text": "भक्त्योद्धवानपायिन्या सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्। सर्वोत्पत्त्यप्ययं ब्रह्म कारणं मोपयाति सः॥"
},
{
"ref": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.17.1",
"roman": "Śrī Maitreya said: The demigods, the inhabitants of the higher planets, were freed from all fear upon hearing the cause of the darkness explained by Brahmā, who was born from Viṣṇu. Thus they all returned to their respective planets.",
"text": "मैत्रेय उवाच\nनिशम्यात्मभुवा गीतं कारणं शङ्कयोज्झिताः। ततः सर्वे न्यवर्तन्त त्रिदिवाय दिवौकसः॥\nmaitreya uvāca\nniśamyātmabhuvā gītaṃ kāraṇaṃ śaṅkayojjhitāḥ. tataḥ sarve nyavartanta tridivāya divaukasaḥ."
}
],
"glosses": [
"cause, reason, factor"
],
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"factor",
"factor"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is already elevated in yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means.",
"ref": "c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 6.3",
"roman": "ārurukṣormuneryogaṃ karma kāraṇamucyate. yogārūḍhasyatasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate.",
"text": "आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणम्उच्यते। योगारूढस्यतस्यैव शमः कारणम्उच्यते॥"
}
],
"glosses": [
"instrument, means"
],
"links": [
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"means",
"means"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"motive, origin, principle"
],
"links": [
[
"motive",
"motive"
],
[
"origin",
"origin"
],
[
"principle",
"principle"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an element, elementary matter"
],
"links": [
[
"element",
"element"
],
[
"elementary",
"elementary"
],
[
"matter",
"matter"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the origin or plot of a play or poem"
],
"links": [
[
"origin",
"origin"
],
[
"plot",
"plot"
],
[
"play",
"play"
],
[
"poem",
"poem"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"that on which an opinion or judgement is founded (a sign, mark, a proof, a legal instrument, document)"
],
"links": [
[
"opinion",
"opinion"
],
[
"judgement",
"judgement"
],
[
"founded",
"founded"
],
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"mark",
"mark"
],
[
"proof",
"proof"
],
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"document",
"document"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an organ of sense"
],
"links": [
[
"organ",
"organ"
],
[
"sense",
"sense"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an action"
],
"links": [
[
"action",
"action"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"agency, instrumentality, condition"
],
"links": [
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"instrumentality",
"instrumentality"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"\"the cause of being\", a father"
],
"links": [
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"father",
"father"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"\"cause of creation\", a deity"
],
"links": [
[
"creation",
"creation"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the body"
],
"links": [
[
"body",
"body"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a kind of musical instrument"
],
"links": [
[
"musical instrument",
"musical instrument"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a sort of song"
],
"links": [
[
"song",
"song"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a number of scribes or kāyasthas"
],
"links": [
[
"number",
"number"
],
[
"scribes",
"scribes"
],
[
"kāyastha",
"कायस्थ"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"killing, injury"
],
"links": [
[
"killing",
"killing"
],
[
"injury",
"injury"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɑː.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑː.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "कारण"
}
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