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कर्मन्

काम, कृत्य, कर्म, धार्मिक अनुष्ठान, भाग्य, कर्म कारक, इन्द्रिय

deed, act, action, religious rite, fate, accusative case, organ of sense

Monier–Williams

कर्मन् — {kárman} {a} n. ({ā} m. L.), (√{kṛ} Uṇ. iv, 144), act, action, performance, business RV. AV. ŚBr. MBh. &c##office, special duty, occupation, obligation (frequently ifc., the first member of the compound being either the person who performs the action [e.g. {vaṇik-k}] or the person or thing for or towards whom the action is performed [e.g. {rāja-k}, {paśu-k}] or a specification of the action [e.g. {śaurya-k}, {prīti-k}]) ŚBr. Mn. Bhartṛ. &c##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##work, labour, activity (as opposed to rest, {praśānti}) Hit. RPrāt. &c##physicking, medical attendance Car##action consisting in motion (as the third among the seven categories of the Nyāya philosophy##of these motions there are five, viz. {ut-kṣepaṇa}, {ava-kṣepaṇa}, {ā-kuñcana}, {prasāraṇa}, and {gamana}, qq. vv.) Bhāshāp. Tarkas##calculation Sūryas##product, result, effect Mn. xii, 98 Suśr##organ of sense ŚBr. xiv (or of action, {karmêndriya})##(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 {kartṛ} the subject) Pāṇ. 1-4, 49 ff. (it is of four kinds, viz. a. {nirvartya}, when anything new is produced, e.g. {kaṭaṃ karoti}, 'he makes a mat'##{putraṃ prasūte}, 'she bears a son'##b. {vikārya}, when change is implied either of the substance and form, e.g. {kāṣṭhaṃ bhasma karoti}, 'he reduces fuel to ashes'##or of the form only, e.g. {suvarṇaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ karoti}, 'he fashions gold into an ear-ring'##c. {prāpya}, when any desired object is attained, e.g. {grāmaṃ gacchati}, 'he goes to the village'##{candraṃ paśyati}, 'he sees the moon'##d. {anīpsita}, when an undesired object is abandoned, e.g. {pāpaṃ tyajati}, 'he leaves the wicked')##former act as leading to inevitable results, fate (as the certain consequence of acts in a previous life) Pañcat. Hit. Buddh., (cf. {karma-pāka} and {-vipāka})##the tenth lunar mansion VarBṛS. &c