karaṇa (n)
Meanings
- (in law) an instrument
- a sound or word as an independent part of speech
- act of making
- an act
- an action
- an astrological division of the day
- an organ of sense or of speech
- articulation
- body
- bond
- calculation
- cause
- charm
- deed
- document
- doing
- effecting
- field
- grain
- heart
- idea expressed by the instrumental case
- instrument
- instrumentality
- means of action
- mind
- name of a treatise of Varāhamihira on the motion of the planets
- name of a work belonging to the Shivadarśana
- posture in sexual intercourse
- posture of an ascetic
- producing
- pronunciation
- rhythm
- special business of any tribe or caste
- spell
- the means or instrument by which an action is effected
- time
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