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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कारणkāraṇan. cause, reason, the cause of anything (gen., also often loc.) Ka1tyS3r. MBh. Mn. &c.
    1. neuter gender cause, reason, the cause of anything (genitive case, also often locative case) Ka1tyS3r. MBh. Mn. etc.
    2. neuter gender instrument, means
    3. neuter gender motive origin, principle
    4. neuter gender a cause (in philosophy id est that which is invariably antecedent to some product confer, compare समवा*यि-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, असमवा*यि-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, निमित्त-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    5. neuter gender an element, elementary matter Ya1jn5. iii, 148 Bhag. xviii, 13
    6. neuter gender the origin or plot of a play or poem Sa1h.
    7. neuter gender that on which an opinion or judgement is founded (a sign, mark; a proof; a legal instrument, document) Mn. MBh. etc.
    8. neuter gender an organ of sense Ragh. xvi, 22 etc.
    9. neuter gender an action MBh. xii, 12070
    10. neuter gender agency, instrumentality, condition Katha1s. cxii, 178
    11. neuter gender "the cause of being", a father W.
    12. neuter gender "cause of creation", a deity W.
    13. neuter gender the body Lexicographers
    14. neuter gender a kind of musical instrument Lexicographers
    15. neuter gender a sort of song Lexicographers
    16. neuter gender a number of scribes or Ka1yasthas कायस्थ s W.
    17. neuter gender killing, injury Lexicographers

    In the Gita6·313·2218·13

    आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते ।

    ārurukṣormuneryogaṁ karma kāraṇamucyate, — For a sage who is ascending the hill of Yoga, action is the cause; for the same sage when he has got to the top of Yoga self-mastery is the cause. 6·3
    • कारणम्kāraṇamnominative and accusative singular of the neuter noun kāraṇa (the cause).
    • कारणानिkāraṇāniaccusative plural of the neuter noun kāraṇa (the cause).
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  2. अकारणakāraṇamfn. causeless
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective causeless
    2. neuter gender absence of a cause
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  3. अकारणम्akāraṇamind. causelessly.

    indeclinable causelessly.

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  4. अकारणात्akāraṇātind. causelessly.

    indeclinable causelessly.

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  5. अकारणेakāraṇeind. causelessly.

    indeclinable causelessly.

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  6. अकारणेनakāraṇenaind. causelessly.

    indeclinable causelessly.

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  7. अकारणोत्पन्नakāraṇotpannamfn. produced spontaneously.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective produced spontaneously.

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  8. अपमृत्युकारणपरीक्षाapamṛtyukāraṇaparīkṣāf. post-mortem examination L.

    feminine post-mortem examination Lexicographers

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अकारणakāraṇaa.Causeless, groundless, spontaneous; ˚मित्राणि सतां चेतांसि K.37 disinterested friends; ईदृशो मां प्रत्यमीषाम्…

    [न. ब.]

    Causeless, groundless, spontaneous; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमित्राणि सतां चेतांसि K.37 disinterested friends; ईदृशो मां प्रत्यमीषाम् denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्नेहः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -णम् Absence of a cause, motive, or ground; अकारणाद्-रणम्-णे causelessly, without cause or ground; किमकारणमेव दर्शनं विलपन्त्यै रतये न दीयते Ku.4.7; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपरित्यक्ता मातापित्रोर्गुरोस्तथा Ms.3.157; अकारणात् परित्यज्य K. 167; त्यक्तो वा स्थादकारणात् Ms.9.177; किमकारणे कुप्यसि, अकारणे आत्मानमायासयसि Ratn.2.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अकारणakāraṇa[a-kârana] a. causeless; n. lack of cause: ˚--, -tas, -m, in., ab., lc. without cause.

    [a-kârana] adjective causeless; neuter lack of cause: ˚--, -tas, -m, instrumental, ablative, locative without cause.

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