kārā

Dictionary meanings for kārā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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kārā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 Imprisonment, confine- ment.

2 A prison-house, a jail.

3 Part of a lute below the neck.

4 Pain, affliction.

5 A female mes- senger.

6 A female worker in gold.

7 A sound.

8 An instrument for drowning the sound of the lute. Comp agāraṃ, gṛhaṃ, veśman n. a prison house, a jail; kārāgṛhe nirjitavāsavena laṃ- keśvaraṇoṣitamā prasādāt R. 6. 40, Śānti 4. 10. guptaḥ a prisoner. pālaḥ a guard of a...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

f. (1. kṛ?), a prison Vikr.; Das3. 275,1 48644 f. binding, confinement g. bhidādi 275,1 48645 f. the part of a lute below the neck (for deadening the sound) L. 275,1 48646 f. pain, affliction L. 275,1 48647

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