कर्मन्

{ karman }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कर्मन्  m.  n. ( आ m., [L.]), (√ कृ, [Uṇ. iv, 144]), act, action, performance, business, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
वणिक्-क्°   office, special duty, occupation, obligation (frequently ifc., the first member of the compound being either the person who performs the action [ e.g.] or the person or thing for or towards whom the action is performed [ e.g. राज-क्°, पशु-क्°] or a specification of the action [ e.g. शौर्य-क्°, प्रीति-क्°]), [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c.

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वणिक् क्°

any religious act or rite (as sacrifice, oblation &c., esp. as originating in the hope of future recompense and as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of spirit), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Ragh.] &c.
प्रशान्ति   work, labour, activity (as opposed to rest, ), [Hit.]; [RPrāt.] &c.
physicking, medical attendance, [Car.]
उत्-क्षेपण   action consisting in motion (as the third among the seven categories of the न्याय philosophy; of these motions there are five, viz., अव-क्षेपण, आ-कुञ्चन, प्रसारण, and गमन, q.v.), [Bhāṣāp.]; [Tarkas.]

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उत् क्षेपण

calculation, [Sūryas.]
product, result, effect, [Mn. xii, 98]; [Suśr.]
कर्मेन्द्रिय   organ of sense, [ŚBr. xiv] (or of action See )
कर्तृ   (in Gr.) the object (it stands either in the acc. [in active construction], or in the nom. [in passive construction], or in the gen. [in connection with a noun of action]; opposed to the subject), [Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff.] (it is of four kinds, viz. a. निर्वर्त्य, when anything new is produced e.g. कटं करोति, ‘he makes a mat’ ; पुत्रं प्रसूते, ‘she bears a son’; b. विकार्य, when change is implied either of the substance and form e.g. काष्ठं भस्म करोति, ‘he reduces fuel to ashes’; or of the form only e.g. सुवर्णं कुण्डलं करोति, ‘he fashions gold into an ear-ring’; c. प्राप्य, when any desired object is attained e.g. ग्रामं गच्छति, ‘he goes to the village’; चन्द्रं पश्यति, ‘he sees the moon’; d. अनीप्सित, when an undesired object is abandoned e.g. पापं त्यजति, ‘he leaves the wicked’)
कर्म-पाक   former act as leading to inevitable results, fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life), [Pañcat.]; [Hit.]; [Buddh.], ( cf. and -विपाक)

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कर्म पाक

the tenth lunar mansion, [VarBṛS. &c.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कर्मन् [karman]   -m. Viśvakarmā; शक्रस्य नु सभा दिव्या भास्वरा कर्मनिर्मिता [Mb.2.7.1.] -n. [कृ-मनिन् [Uṇ.4.144] ]
Action, work, deed.
Execution, performance; प्रीतोऽस्मि सोऽहं यद् भुक्तं वनं तैः कृतकर्मभिः [Rām.5.63.3.]
Business, office, duty; संप्रति विषवैद्यानां कर्म [M.4.]
A religious rite (it may be either नित्य, नैमित्तिक or काम्य).
A specific action, moral duty.
(a) Performance of religious rites as opposed to speculative religion or knowledge of Brahman (opp. ज्ञान); अपरो दहृने स्वकर्मणां ववृते [R.8.2.] (b) Labour, work.
Product, result.
A natural or active property (as support of the earth).
Fate, the certain consequence of acts done in a former life; कर्मायत्तं फलं पुंसां बुद्धिः कर्मानुसारिणी [Bh.2.89,94.]
(In gram.) The object of of an action; कर्तुरीप्सिततमं कर्म [P.I.4.49.]
(In Vaiś. Phil.) Motion considered as one of the seven categories of things; (thus defined: एकद्रव्यमगुणं संयोगविभागेष्वनपेक्षकारणं कर्म Vaiś. Sūtra. (It is five-fold: उत्क्षेपणं ततोऽवक्षेपणमाकुञ्चनं तथा । प्रसारणं च गमनं कर्माण्येतानि पञ्च च ॥ Bhāṣā [P.6.] )
Organ of sense. प्रजापतिर्ह कर्माणि ससृजे [Bṛi. Up.1.5.21.]
Organ of action; कर्माणि कर्मभिः कुर्वन् [Bhāg.11.3.6.]
(In Astr.) The tenth lunar mansion.
Practice, training; सर्वेषां कर्मणा वीर्यं जवस्तेजश्च वर्धते [Kau.A.2.2.] -Comp. -अक्षमa. incapable of doing anything.
-अङ्गम्   part of any act; part of a sacrificial rite (as प्रयाज of the Darśa sacrifice).
-अधिकारः   the right of performing religious rites.
-अनुरूप   a.
according to action or any particular office.
according to actions done in a previous existence.
-अनुष्ठानम्   practising one's duties.-अनुसारः consequence of, or conformity to, acts.
ध्वंसः loss of fruit arising from religious acts.
disappointment.
-नामन्   (in gram.) a participal noun.-नामधेयम् N. of an act or sacrifice. These names are not arbitrary or technical such as गुण and वृद्धि but are always significant; सर्वेष्वेव कर्मनामधेयेषु अर्थसमन्वयेनानुवाद- भूतो नामशद्बो वर्तते, न लौकिकार्थतिरस्कारेण परिभाषामात्रेण वृद्धिगुणवत् ŚB. on [MS.1.6.41.]
-नाशा  N. N. of a river between Kaśi and Bihar.
-निश्चयः   a decision of action; न लेमे कर्मनिश्चयम् [Bm.1.648.]
-निषद्या   a manufactory; [Kau.A.2.4.]
-निष्ठ a.  a. devoted to the performance of religious acts; अग्निर्वीरं श्रुत्यं कर्मनिष्ठाम् [Rv.1.8.1;] [Ms.3.134.]
-न्यासः   renunciation of the result of religious acts.
पथः the direction or source of an action.
the path of religious rites (opp. ज्ञानमार्ग).
-पाकः   ripening of actions, reward of actions done in a former life; [Pt.1.372.]
-प्रवचनीयः   a term for certain prepositions, particles, or adverbs when they are not connected with verbs and govern a noun in some case; literally-the term means, 'Concerned with the setting forth of an action'. According to Indian grammarians it means 'that which spoke of an action (क्रियां प्रोक्तवन्तः)' e. g. आ in आ मुक्तेः संसारः is a कर्मप्रवचनीय; so अनु in जपमनु प्रावर्षत् &c.; कर्म प्रोक्तवन्तः कर्मप्रवचनीया इति Mbh. on [P.I.4.83.] cf. उपसर्ग, गति and निपात also.
फलम् fruit or reward of actions done in a former life; (pain, pleasure); न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा [Bg.4.14;5.12;6.1;] ˚फलत्याग [Bg.12.11,18.2;] ˚फलत्यागिन् [Bg.18.11;] ˚फलप्रेप्सुः [Bg.18.27;] ˚फलसंयोग [Bg.5.14;] ˚फलहेतु [Bg.2.47.] एवं संचिन्त्य मनसा प्रेत्य कर्मफलोदयम् [Ms.11.231.]
the fruit of Averrhoa Carambola (Mar. कर्मर); also कर्मरङ्ग.
-बन्धः, -बन्धनम्   confinement to repeated birth, as the consequence of religious acts, good or bad (by which the soul is attached to worldly pleasures &c.); बुद्ध्या युक्तो यथा पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यति [Bg.2.39.] -भूः,
-भूमिः  f. f.
the land of religious rites, i. e. भरतवर्ष, this world (a place for man's probation); प्राप्येमां कर्मभूमिम् [Bh.2.1;] [K.174,319.]
ploughed ground.-मासः the Calendar month of thirty days.
-मीमांसा   the Mīmāṁsā of ceremonial acts; see मीमांसा.
-मूलम्   a kind of sacred grass called कुश.
-युगम्   the fourth (the present) age of the world, i. e. the Kaliyuga.
योगः performance of actions, worldly and religious rites; कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् [Bg.3.3;3.7;5.2;13.24.]
active exertion, industry; [Ms.1.115.]
-वचनम्   (with Buddhists) the ritual.
-वज्रः   an epithet of a Śūdra.
-वशः   fate considered as the inevitable result of actions done in a former life.
-वाटी   a lunar day (तिथि).
-विपाक = कर्मपाक. -शाला   a work-shop.-शील,
-शूर a.  a. assiduous, active, laborious; cf. कर्म- शीलस्तु कर्मठे । [Nm.]
-शौचम्   humility.
-श्रुतिः  f. f. The word expressive of the act; कर्मश्रुतेः परार्थत्वात् [MS.11.] 2.6. (read या अत्र कर्मश्रुतिः दर्शपूर्णमासाभ्यामिति सा परार्था तृतीया-योगात् &c. शबर).
-सङ्गः   attachment to worldly duties and their results. तन्निबध्नाति ... कर्मसङ्गेन [Bg.14.7.] -सचिवः a minister.
-संन्यासिकः, -संन्यासिन्  m. m.
a religious person who has withdrawn from every kind of worldly act.
an ascetic who performs religious deeds without looking to their reward.-साक्षिन् m.
an eyewitness; वह्निर्विवाहं प्रति कर्मसाक्षी [Ku.7.83.]
one who witnesses the good or bad actions of man; आदित्य भो लोककृताकृतज्ञ लोकस्य सत्यानृप- कर्मसाक्षिन् [Rām.3.63.16.] (There are nine divinities which are said to witness and watch over all human actions; सूर्यः सोमो यमः कालो महाभूतानि पञ्च च । एते शुभाशुभ- स्येह कर्मणो नव साक्षिणः ॥)
-सिद्धिः  f. f. accomplishment of any business or desired object; success. स्वकर्मसिद्धिं पुनरा- शशंसे [Ku.]
-स्थानम्   a public office, a place of business.
अन्तः the end of any business or task.
a work, business, execution of business.
a barn, a store of grain &c. [Ms.7.62] (कर्मान्तः इक्षुधान्यादिसंग्रहस्थानम् Kull.)
cultivated ground.
a worker; कच्चिन्न सर्वे कर्मान्ताः [Rām.2.1.52.]
अन्तरम् difference or contrariety of action.
penance, expiation.
suspension of a religious action.
another work or action; कर्मान्तर- नियुक्तासु निर्ममन्थ स्वयं दधि [Bhāg.1.9.1.]
-अन्तिक a.  a. final. (-कः) a servant, workman, [Rām.1.13.7.] -अपनुत्तिः f. removing, sending away of कर्म; जन्मकर्माप- नुत्तये [Bhāg.12.2.17.]
-अर्ह a.  a. fit or suitable to an act or the rite. (-र्हः) a man.
-आख्या  f. f. Name received from the act performed; तस्मात् छिन्नगमनोऽश्वोऽपि छाग इति कर्माख्या भविष्यति । ŚB. on [MS.6.8.37.]
-आजीवः   one who maintains himself by some profession (as that of an artisan &c.)
-आत्मन् a.  a. endowed with the principles of action, active; कर्मात्मनां च देवानां सोऽसृजत्प्राणिनां प्रभुः [Ms.1.22.] (-m.) the soul.
-आयतनम्   see कर्मेन्द्रियम्; शव्दः स्पर्शो रसो गन्धो रूपं चेत्यर्थजातयः । गत्युक्त्युत्सर्गशिल्पानि कर्मायतनसिद्धयः [Bhāg.11.22.16.]
-आशयः   receptacle or accumulation of (good and evil) acts; निर्हृत्य कर्माशयमाशु याति परां गतिम् [Bhāg.1.46.32.]
-इन्द्रियम्   an organ of action, as distinguished from ज्ञानेन्द्रिय; (they are: वाक्पाणिपादपायूपस्थानि; [Ms.2.99;] see under इन्द्रिय also) कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य [Bg.3.6,7.]
-उदारम्   any valiant or noble act, magnanimity, prowess.
-उद्युक्त a.  a. busy, engaged, active, zealous.
करः a hired labourer (a servant who is not a slave); आ तस्य गोः प्रतिदानात् कर्मकारी आगबीनः कर्मकरः Mbh. on [P.V.2.14.] कर्मकराः स्थपत्यादयः [Pt.1;] [Śi.14.16.]
Yama.
-कर्तृ  m. m. (in gram.) an agent who is at the same time the object of the action;e. g. पच्यते ओदनः, it is thus defined: क्रियमाणं तु यत्कर्म स्वयमेव प्रसिध्यति । सुकरैः स्वैर्गुणैः कर्तुः कर्मकर्तेति तद्विदुः ॥ न चान्तरेण कर्मकर्तारं सकर्मका अकर्मका भवन्ति Mbh. on [P.I.3.27]
-काण्डः, -ण्डम्   that department of the Veda which relates to ceremonial acts and sacrificial rites and the merit arising from a due performance thereof.
कारः one who does any business, a mechanic, artisan (technically a worker not hired).
any labourer in general (whether hired or not).
a black-smith; हरिणाक्षि कटाक्षेण आत्मानमवलोकय । न हि खङ्गो विजानाति कर्मकारं स्वकारणम् ॥ Udb.
a bull.
-कारिन्  m. m. a labourer, artisan, workman.-कार्मुकः,
-कम्   a strong bow.
-कीलकः   a washerman.-कृत्यम् activity, the state of active exertion; यः प्रथमः कर्मकृत्याय जज्ञे [Av.4.24.6.]
-क्षम a.  a. able to perform any work or duty; आत्मकर्मक्षमं देहं क्षात्रो धर्म इवाश्रितः [R.1.13.] -क्षेत्रम् the land of religious acts, i. e. भरतवर्ष; [Bhāg.5.17.11.] cf. कर्मभूमि.
-गतिः  f. f. the course of fate; अथ कर्मगतिं चित्रां दृष्ट्वाऽस्य हसितं मया [Ks.59.159.] -गृहीत a. caught in the very act (as a thief.). -ग्रन्थिःf. a term in Jaina metaphysics connoting 'weakness in the form of वासनाs produced by अज्ञान'.
-घातः   leaving off or suspending work.
च(चा)ण्डालः 'base in deed', a man of very low acts or deeds; Vasiṣṭha mentions these kinds: असूयकः पिशुनश्च कृतघ्नो दीर्घरोषकः । चत्वारः कर्मचाण्डाला जन्मतश्चापि पञ्चमः ॥
one who commits an atrocious deed; अपूर्वकर्मचण्डालमयि मुग्धे विमुच्च माम् [U.1.46.]
 N. N. of Rāhu.
-चेष्टा   active exertion, action. कर्मचेष्टास्वहः [Ms.1.66.]
चोदना The motive impelling one to ritual acts. ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना [Bg.18.18.]
any positive rule enjoining a religious act.
-च्छेदः   The loss caused by absence on duty; [Kau.A.2.7.]
-जः a.  a. resulting from an act; सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा [Bg.4.12.] कर्मजा गतयो नॄणामुत्तमाधममध्यमाः [Ms.12.3.]
(जः) the holy fig-tree.
the Kali age.
the banian tree.
the effect arising from human acts: संयोग, विभाग &c.
heaven.
hell.
-ज्ञ a.  a. one acquainted with religious rites.
-त्यागः   renunciation of worldly duties or ceremonial acts.
-दुष्ट a.  a. corrupt in action, wicked, immoral, disrespectable.
-देवः   a god through religious action; ये शतं गन्धर्वलोक आनन्दाः स एकः कर्मदेवानामानन्दः [Bṛi. Up.4.3.33.]
दोषः sin, vice; अवेक्षेत गतीर्नॄणां कर्मदोष- समुद्भवाः [Ms.6.61,95.]
an error, defect, or blunder (in doing an act); कर्मदोषैर्न लिप्यते [Ms.1,14.]
evil consequence of human acts.
discreditable conduct.-धारयः N. of a compound, a subdivision of Tatpuruṣa, (in which the members of the compound are in apposition) तत्पुरुषः समानाधिकरणः कर्मधारयः [P.I. 2.42.] तत्पुरुष कर्म धारय येनाहं स्यां बहुव्रीहिः Udb.