kartṛ

a. or s. [kṛ-tṛc] 1 A doer, one who does, makes, performs &c., an agent; vaṃśasyaº R. 2. 64; vyākaraṇasya kartā author; ṛṇasya kartā one who incurs debt; hitakartā a benefactor;...

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[apte] a. or s. [kṛ-tṛc] 1 A doer, one who does, makes, performs &c., an agent; vaṃśasyaº R. 2. 64; vyākaraṇasya kartā author; ṛṇasya kartā one who incurs debt; hitakartā a benefactor; suvarṇakartā a goldsmith &c. --2 (In gram.) An agent (the meaning of the instrumental case). --3 The Supreme spirit. --4 An epithet of Brahmā. --5 N. of Viṣṇu and Śiva also. --6 A priest. --Comp. --abhiprāya a. accruing to the agent....

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√karta कर्त

Gaṇa 10· curadi· Ubhayapada · śaithilye

to loosen, to leave, to abandon

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 803
Texts: 108

DCS: the act of punishing rightly or legally

Occurrences

Appears in 125 texts.

Acintyastava Agnipurana Aitareya-Aranyaka Aitareyabrahmana Amaraughasasana Amarusataka Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Astadhyayi Astavakragita Asvalayanagrhyasutra Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Bhagavatapurana Bharadvajagrhyasutra Bharatamanjari Bodhicaryavatara Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Dhanvantarinighantu Divyavadana Garbhopanisat Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gobhilagrhyasutra Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Haribhaktivilasa Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminiyabrahmana Janmamaranavicara Kadambarisvikaranasutramanjari Kamasutra Kasikavrtti Kathakagrhyasutra Kathakasamhita Kathasaritsagara Katyayanasmrti Kausikasutra Kausikasutradarilabhasya Kausikasutrakesavapaddhati Kausitakyupanisad Kavyalamkara Kiratarjuniya Kurmapurana Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Mrgendratantra Mrgendratika Mugdhavabodhini Mulamadhyamakarikah Mundakopanisad Naradasmrti Narmamala Natyasastra Natyasastravivrti Nyayabhasya Nyayasutra Pancarthabhasya Parasaradharmasamhita Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Parasuramakalpasutra Rajamartanda Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasadhyaya Rasadhyayatika Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasaratnasamuccayatika Rasarnava Rasarnavakalpa Rasendracintamani Rasendrasarasamgraha Ratnatika Rgvedakhilani Samkhyakarika Samkhyakarikabhasya Samkhyatattvakaumudi Sankhayanaranyaka Satvatatantra Saundarananda Sivasutravartika Skandapurana Spandakarika Spandakarikanirnaya Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Taittiriyasamhita Tantrakhyayika Tantraloka Tantrasara Todalatantra Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vaisesikasutravrtti Varahagrhyasutra Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogasutrabhasya atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

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Manusmṛtisurface: kartṝṇi

vāyuḥ karmārkakālau ca śuddheḥ kartṝṇi dehinām

Mṛgendraṭīkāsurface: kartā

na hy anabhisaṃhitaprayojanaḥ kaścit kartā kiṃcit kāryaṃ kurvan dṛṣṭaḥ

Mṛgendraṭīkāsurface: kartāram

na hi pramātāraṃ kartāram antareṇa pramāṇaprameyayoḥ kvacit kiṃcitkaratvaṃ karaṇ