Karanakhya, Kāraṇākhyā, Karana-akhya: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāraṇākhyā (कारणाख्या).—a. Name of the organ of perception and action, of बुद्धि, अहंकार (buddhi, ahaṃkāra) and मनस् (manas).

Kāraṇākhyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāraṇa and ākhyā (आख्या).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāraṇākhyā (कारणाख्या):—[from kāraṇa > kāra] f. (with the Pāśupatas) a Name of the organs of perception and action, of Buddhi, Ahaṃkāra, and Manas.

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Karanakhya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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