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Thursday, July 22, 2010

the cars, oops kAra's in sanskrit

the suffix -kAra makes the 'doer of' 'maker of/by/with'
  • स्वर्णकारः = swarNa-kAraH = maker (kAraH) [with] gold (swarNa)= goldsmith; 
  • लौहकारः = lauha-kAraH = maker [with] iron (lauha) ; 
  • मालाकारः = mAlA-kAraH = maker of garlands, gardener; 
  • चित्रकारः = chitra-kAraH = maker of drawings (chitra), painter; 
  • चर्मकारः = charma-kAraH = maker with leather, cobbler (charma = leather); 
  • कुम्भकारः = kumbha-kAraH = maker of pots, potter (kumbha = pot)

but don't confuse with other words like
  • पुरस्कार = puraskAra = prize
  • सत्कार = satkAra = hospitality
  • निराकार = nirAkAra = formless
  • चमत्कार = chamtkAra = miracle
  • नमस्कार = namaskAra = salutation
  • तिरस्कार = tiraskAra = neglect, insult
  • उपकार = upakAra = favor
  • अ-कार, उ-कार, म-कार = akAra, ukAra, makAra = sound of a-, u-, m- (as in OM)


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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 27, 2010 at 1:29 PM

    How would you translate kAra when used with ॐकार onkAra, or अ-कार, उ-कार, म-कार = akAra, ukAra, makAra

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  2. shashiJuly 27, 2010 at 1:48 PM

    -kAra means either the action or the act.
    so in the first set it means the actor/doer.
    in the second set it means the act.
    a-kAra means the sound of 'a'
    u-kAra means the sound of 'u' etc.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 9, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    What does MAKARA mean (as in the Makara fish in the ocean). How do you split the word and what does it mean etymologically?

    Giridhari
    (giridhari_108@yahoo.com)

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  4. abhishēk kakkerlaSeptember 14, 2011 at 10:58 AM

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