Karira, Karīra, Kārīra: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Karira means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesKarīra (करीर) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VIII.30.24) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Karīra) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaKarīra (करीर) is the name of a plant from which is derived flour used in the Kārīrī rite, as mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 18.6 and 21.37. The rite is called Kārīrī, because flour made from a plant named Karīra is mixed with honey and used in making balls (piṇḍī) for the purpose of oblations. A characteristic feature of the rite is that the sacrificer puts on black clothing, a symbol of the colour of the rain clouds. The Maruts are addressed as follows:—“ramayata marutaḥ śyenamāyinaṃ manojavasaṃ vṛṣa?? suvṛktim”. The flour is mixed with honey by addressing the waters, of which eleven names are recorded. See Taittirīyasaṃhitā (Ānandāśrama edition) 2.4.7ff and Sāyaṇa thereon. As regards Karīra, Sāyaṇa describes it as the sprout of a creeper resembling the Soma plant. In another place (1.8.3) he says that according to some, it is the fruit of the date palm. The usual meaning of the word is “bamboo-shoot”. Cf. Naiṣadha 5.14; 9.12; Māgha 4.14 (vaṃśakarīranīlaiḥ).
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaKarīra (करीर) refers to a type of vegetable, according to the Mahābhārata Vanaparva 134.281, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—The use of long bottle gourd, kālaśāka, śleṣmātaka, sudarśana, leaves of bamboo or karīra is interdicted in a śrāddha ceremony according to Mahābhārata.
Karīra or “marrow” (part of a plant) represents a type of vegetable (śāka) according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana).—Śāka-prakaraṇa deals with all types of vegetables. Here vegetables are classified into different plant parts [like marrow (karīra), etc.]. Each of these classification have so many varieties. This prakaraṇa is devoted to explain these varieties and their properties in detail.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsKarīra (करीर):—Fleshy growth
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: Jaina YogaKarīra (करीर) in both Sanskrit and Prakrit refers to caper (Capparis aphylla Roth), the shoots (aṅkura) of which are classifed as ananta-kāya, or “plants that are inhabited by an infinite number of living organisms”, and therefore are abhakṣya (forbidden to consume) according to Nemicandra (in his Pravacana-sāroddhāra v245-246). Those plants which are classified as ananta-kāyas (e.g., karīra) seem to be chosen because of certain morphological peculiarities such as the possession of bulbs or rhizomes orthe habit of periodically shedding their leaves; and in general theyare characterized by possibilities of vegetative reproduction.
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraKarīra (करीर) refers to Capparis aphylla: A thorny desert plant.
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IKarīra (करीर) (in Prakrit) refers to Kayara, or “kareel-juice” (Capparis decidua) and represents one of 21 kinds of liquids (which the Jain mendicant should consider before rejecting or accepting them), according to the “Sajjhāya ekavīsa pāṇī nī” (dealing with the Monastic Discipline section of Jain Canonical literature) included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—This topic is explained with reference to the first aṅga (i.e. Ācārāṅgasūtra). This matter is distributed over the end of section 7 and the beginning of section 8 of the Piṇḍesaṇā chapter. [...] The technical terms [e.g., karīra] used here are either borrowed from the Prakrit or rendered into the vernacular equivalents.—Note: Kayara is known in Prakrit as Karīra.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsKarira [करीर] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Capparis decidua (Forssk.) Edgew. from the Capparaceae (Caper) family. For the possible medicinal usage of karira, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykarīra (करीर).—m n S A thorny tree or its fruit, Capparis aphylla. Commonly nēpatī or tēṃ.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKarīra (करीर).—[kṝ-īran Uṇādi-sūtra 4.3]
1) The shoot of a bamboo; जितकरीरशरीरमरीरमत् । स्वकमिता कमितारमवामताम् (jitakarīraśarīramarīramat | svakamitā kamitāramavāmatām) || Rām. Ch.4.84.
2) A shoot in general; आनिन्यिरे वंशकरीरनीलैः (āninyire vaṃśakarīranīlaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 4.14. N.5.14.
3) A thorny plant growing in deserts and eaten by camels; पत्रं नैव यदा करीरविटपे दोषो वसन्तस्य किम् (patraṃ naiva yadā karīraviṭape doṣo vasantasya kim) Bhartṛhari 2.93; cf. also किं पुष्पैः किं फलैस्तस्य करीरस्य दुरात्मनः । येन वृद्धिं समासाद्य न कृतः पत्रसंग्रहः (kiṃ puṣpaiḥ kiṃ phalaistasya karīrasya durātmanaḥ | yena vṛddhiṃ samāsādya na kṛtaḥ patrasaṃgrahaḥ) Subhāṣ.
4) A water-jar.
-rā, -rī 1 The root of an elephant's tusk.
2) A cricket, a small grass-hopper.
Derivable forms: karīraḥ (करीरः).
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Kārīra (कारीर).—a. [karīra-añ] Made of the shoots of reed or bamboo; दुर्गतीर्था बृहत्कूला कारीरा वेत्रसंयुता (durgatīrthā bṛhatkūlā kārīrā vetrasaṃyutā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.82.46.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarira (करिर).—m.
(-raḥ) The shoot of a bamboo: see karīra.
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Karīra (करीर).—mn.
(-raḥ-raṃ) The shoot of a bamboo; also karira. m.
(-raḥ) 1. A thorny plant, described as growing in deserts, and fed upon by camels, commonly Karil, (Capparis aphylla, Rox.) 2. A water jar. f. (-rā or -rī) 1. The root of an elephant’s tusk. 2. A cricket, a small grasshopper, &c. E. kṝ to injure, to throw or send, &c. and īraṇ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarīra (करीर).—I. m. and n. The shoot of a bamboo, [Suśruta] 1, 28, 6. Ii. m. A leafless plant, Capparis aphylla, Roxb., [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 89.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarīra (करीर).—[masculine] [neuter] the shoot of a bamboo; [masculine] a cert. thorny plant, [neuter] its fruit.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karira (करिर):—mn. the shoot of a bamboo (cf. karīra.)
2) Karīra (करीर):—mn. the shoot of a bamboo, [Suśruta; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
3) m. a water-jar, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Capparis Aphylla (a thorny plant growing in deserts and fed upon by camels), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Suśruta]
5) f(ā or ī). the root of an elephant’s tusk, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) m. a cricket, small grasshopper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) n. the fruit of Capparis Aphylla.
8) Kārīra (कारीर):—mfn. ([gana] palāśādi) made of the shoots of reed, [Lalita-vistara; Pāṇini 4-3, 135; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karira (करिर):—(raḥ) 1. m. The shoot or twig of a bambu tree.
2) Karīra (करीर):—[(raḥ-raṃ)] 1. m. n. The shoot of a bambu. m. A thorny plant; a water-jar. (rā-rī) f. Root of an elephant’s tusk; a cricket.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Karīra (करीर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Karīra.
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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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryKarīra (करीर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Karīra.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKarira (ಕರಿರ):—
1) [noun] a water jar.
2) [noun] the shoot of a bamboo.
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Karīra (ಕರೀರ):—
1) [noun] the plant Capparis decidua (= C. aphylla) of Capparaceae family.
2) [noun] another plant of the same family Capparis diversifolia (C. divaricata).
3) [noun] the shoot of a bamboo.
4) [noun] a shoot (of a plant) in general.
5) [noun] the young leaves of a plant.
6) [noun] a water jar.
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Karīra (ಕರೀರ):—[noun] the root of an elephant’s tusk.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Karirabandha, Kariradi, Karirajayaki, Kariraka, Karirakuna, Kariram, Kariramu, Kariraprastha, Karirashi, Karirata, Karirattam, Kariravati, Kariravishesha.
Ends with: Sukarira, Takarira, Vamshakarira, Vetrakarira.
Full-text (+16): Kariram, Kariri, Karirya, Kariravati, Venukarkara, Kariravishesha, Karirakuna, Kariraprastha, Krakaca, Krakara, Marubhuruha, Sukarira, Nitpattraka, Vetrakarira, Karirika, Gudhapatra, Kurara, Dirghapatraka, Granthila, Tikshnakantaka.
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Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
3: Definition of Samāsokti Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Treatment of Mandāgni (Indigestion) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Classification of Drugs in the Caraka-Saṃhitā < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
Treatment of Piles (durṇāmā) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 6 - Diet in Udavarta and Anaha < [Chapter VIII - Udavarta and Anaha]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 8.6 - Region of Paścāddeśa (western part) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Characteristics of Navasara (sal ammoniac) < [Chapter XVIII - Uparasa (19): Navasara (sal ammoniac)]
Part 6 - Use of incinerated mica < [Chapter I - Uparasa (1): Abhra or Abhraka (mica)]