Karata, Kara-ata, Karaṭa: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Karaṭa (करट).—A place of habitation of ancient India. (Śloka 63, Chapter 9, Bhīṣma Parva).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
1) Karaṭa (करट) (lit. “one who makes a sound ‘ke’”) is a synonym (another name) for the Crow (Kāka), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
2) Karaṭa (करट) also refers to the Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Gitashastra (science of music)
Karaṭā (करटा) refers to a musical instrument classified as Avanaddha (“those instrument whose mouths are covered with leather (known as avanaddha)”) which represents one of the four kinds of Instrumental Music, produced by an instrument (ātodya), according to the Saṃgītaratnākara.—In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa and the Saṃgītaratnākara, some examples of avanaddha type of instruments are given, e.g., Karaṭā.
Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
karaṭa (करट).—m n A fruit. It is extremely bitter; and its seed resembles that of the tavasēṃ, although it is much longer. Its rind or shell, when the pulp is scooped out of it, is used as a vessel for oil and a wick (a panthā). See karavaṭa.
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karaṭa (करट) [or करंट, karaṇṭa].—n A boil or angry tumor.
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karaṭā (करटा) [or करंटा, karaṇṭā].—(karaṭa S) Luckless; ill-starred and wretched. Ex. jinēṃ nava māsa vāhilēṃ pōṭīṃ || tīsa mhaṇēṃ parama karaṭī || 2 Freely. Poor, bare, barren, destitute of any riches or resources--a village, a country: of unfortunate or unprofitable devisings--an understanding or a mind: miserable--an expedient &c.
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kāraṭa (कारट).—n C (karaṭa S) A reviling term for funeral rites. 2 The fee given to the officiating Brahman.
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kāraṭā (कारटा).—a or kāraṭāpōraṭā a An epithet freely used in reviling a mischievous or troublesome child.
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kāraṭā (कारटा) [or ट्या, ṭyā].—a kāraṭakhāū a (kāraṭa) Light terms for the Brahman who directs the performance of funeral solemnities.
karaṭa (करट).—n A boil or angry tumor.
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karaṭā (करटा).—n Luckless, poor.
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kāraṭā (कारटा).—a An epithet app. to a trouble- some child. One who directs the per- formance of funeral solemnities.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Karaṭa (करट).—[kirati madaṃ, kṝ-aṭan Uṇādi-sūtra 4.81.]
1) An elephant's cheek; प्रभिन्नकरटौ मत्तौ भूत्वा कुञ्जररूपिणौ (prabhinnakaraṭau mattau bhūtvā kuñjararūpiṇau) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.21.2.
2) Safflower.
3) A crow; Śānti.4.19.
4) An atheist, unbeliever.
5) A degraded Brāhmaṇa.
6) A man of a low profession.
7) A musical instrument.
8) The first Śrāddha ceremony performed in honour of a dead man; करट त्वं रट कस्तवापराधः (karaṭa tvaṃ raṭa kastavāparādhaḥ) Udb.
-ṭam Hard. (a variety of coral); Kau. A.2.11.
-ṭā 1 An elephant's cheek.
2) A cow difficult to be milked.
-mukham A spot where an elephant's temple bursts; Mb.
Derivable forms: karaṭaḥ (करटः).
Karaṭa (करट).—m.
(-ṭaḥ) 1. A crow. 2. An elephant’s cheek. 3. Safflower or carthamus. 4. A man of a low or degraded profession. 5. The first Sradd'ha or ceremony performed in honour of a deceased relation. 6. An atheist, an unbeliever, an oppugner of the doctrines of the Vedas. 7. A musical instrument, (Castanets?) f.
(-ṭā) A cow difficult to be milked. E. ka pleasure, &c. raṭ to sound, and ac affix; or kṛ to do, and aṭan Unadi aff.
Karaṭa (करट).—m. 1. An elephant’s temples, Mahābhārata 3, 16039; [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 73. karaṭā-mukha, with lengthened a, Mahābhārata 3, 441, etc., perhaps on account of the metre. 2. A crow, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 14, 29. 3. pl. The name of a people, Mahābhārata 6, 370.
Karaṭa (करट).—[masculine] an elephant’s temple or cheek; crow.
1) Karaṭa (करट):—m. an elephant’s temple, [Mahābhārata; Bhartṛhari] etc.
2) the spot between the forehead and ear of a bird, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
3) a crow, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 14, 29; Śāntiśataka] etc.
4) a kind of drum [commentator or commentary] on [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
5) a man of a low or degraded profession, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) a bad Brāhman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) an atheist, unbeliever, impugner of the doctrines of the Veda, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) a kind of funeral ceremony, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) Carthamus Tinctorius, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) m. [plural] Name of a people, [Mahābhārata vi, 370; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
11) m. of a royal dynasty
12) Karaṭā (करटा):—[from karaṭa] f. an elephant’s temple
13) [v.s. ...] a cow difficult to be milked, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
14) Karaṭa (करट):—mfn. dark-red, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā 61, 2; 6.]
15) Karāṭa (कराट):—m. Name of Gaṇeśa, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]
Karaṭa (करट):—(ṭaḥ) 1. m. A crow; elephant’s cheek; safflower; low man. f. (ṭā) A cow difficult to be milked.
Karaṭa (करट):—
1) m. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 4, 82.] a) Schläfe des Elephanten (aus der zur Zeit der Brunst eine Flüssigkeit hervorquillt) [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 9, 36.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1225.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 155.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 36.] bhinnakaraṭaṃ hastinam [Mahābhārata 3, 16039.] prabhinnakaraṭa [Sundopasundopākhyāna 2, 20.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 18, 3.] nāgā madabhinnagaṇḍakaraṭāḥ [Bhartṛhari 3, 73.] karaṭā f. in der Verbindung prabhinnakaraṭāmukha am Ende eines Halb-Śloka [Mahābhārata 3, 441. 8704. 4, 757. 1030. 14, 2183.] Vgl. kaṭa 1,c. — b) Krähe [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 20. 3, 4, 9, 36.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1322.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 4, 19.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 14, 29.] — c) ein Mann, der einen verächtlichen Lebensunterhalt hat (nindyajīvin, nindyajīvana) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] ein schlechter Brahman (kuvipra) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 93.] ein Atheist (durdurūṭa) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) ein best. musik. Instrument [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) Name einer Pflanze, Carthamus tinctorius Lin. (kusumbha), [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 131.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — f) das erste Todtenopfer (navaśrāddha, ekādaśāhādiśrāddha) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — g) m. pl. Name eines Volkes [Mahābhārata 6, 370.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 193.] —
2) karaṭā a) = karaṭa 1. (s. daselbst). — b) eine schwer zu melkende Kuh [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1269.] — Vgl. āharakaraṭa .
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Karāṭa (कराट):—n. [Siddhāntakaumudī.249,a,3.]
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Karaṭa (करट):—
1) a) Schläfegegend bei einem Vogel, Zügel [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 3.] — b) raṭantaḥ karaṭāḥ kaṭu [KĀŚĪKH. 68, 53.] karaṭo rāraṭītyeṣaḥ [?56, 26 bei AUFRECHT, Halāyudha Ind.] karaṭī f. [Hārāvalī 251.] — h) Nomen proprium eines königlichen Geschlechts [Oxforder Handschriften 352,b,4.] —
3) adj. dunkelroth [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 61, 2. 6.]
Karaṭa (करट):——
1) m. — a) Schläfe des Elephanten. — b) Schläfegegend bei einem Vogel , Zügel. — c) Krähe — d) eine Art Trommel [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 177.] [UTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 87,12.] — e) *ein Mann , der einem verächtlichen Lebensunterhalt nachgeht. — f) *ein schlechter Brahman. — g) *ein Atheist. — h) *Carthamus tinctorius. — i) *ein best. Todtenmahl. — k) Nomen proprium — α) Pl. eines Volkes. — β) eines königlichen Geschlechts. —
2) *f. ā eine schwer zu melkende Kuh. —
3) *f. ī Krähe. —
4) *n. [SIDDH.K.(neue] Ausg.) [2,630.] —
5) Adj. dunkelroth.
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Karāṭa (कराट):——
1) m. Beiname Gaṇeśa’s [Maitrāyaṇi 2,9,1.] —
2) *n.? [SIDDH.K.] karaṭa neue Ausg. [2,630.]
Karaṭa (करट) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Karaḍa.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Karatā (करता):—(nm) see [karttā].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Karaṭa (ಕರಟ):—
1) [noun] the hard outer case of a coconut kernel; coconut shell.
2) [noun] a hand-device made of coconut shell for drawing the thread from coir.
3) [noun] (fig.) a beggar’s alms-vessel.
4) [noun] ಕರಟಕಟ್ಟು [karatakattu] karaṭakaṭṭu to become hardened.
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Karaṭa (ಕರಟ):—
1) [noun] either of the flat surfaces alongside the forehead, in front of each ear of an elephant; the temples.
2) [noun] any large bird of the genus Corvus, having a powerful black beak, a harsh call, and usu. glossy black plumage; a crow.
3) [noun] any of various small tailless amphibians of the order Anura, having a moist smooth skin and legs developed for jumping; a frog.
4) [noun] the region of the atmosphere and the blue canopy above as seen from the earth; the sky.
5) [noun] the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, often regarded as immortal; the soul.
6) [noun] a kind of musical instrument.
7) [noun] an orange-flowered thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, whose seeds yield an edible oil; safflower plant.
8) [noun] one who propounds or believes in, the theory or belief that god does not exist; an atheist.
9) [noun] a degraded brāhmaṇa.
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Karāṭa (ಕರಾಟ):—[noun] a small box or chest, with a lid; a casket.
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Karāṭa (ಕರಾಟ):—[noun] = ಕರಹಡ [karahada].
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Kārāṭa (ಕಾರಾಟ):—[noun] any game played during night (?).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Karaṭā (கரடா) noun < Urdu kartha. cf. கரடு¹. [karadu¹.] Coarse country paper; ஒருவகை முருட்டுக்காகி தம். [oruvagai muruttukkagi tham.] Mod.
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
karaṭa—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကျီးကန်း။ (၂) ထက်ဝက်စပ်ရွှေငွေ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Kyeekan. (2) Htaw Wut Sat Shwe Nge.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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