Karmakarin, Karmakārin, Karmakarī, Karman-karin, Karmakari, Karma-kari: 8 definitions

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Karmakarin means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Karmakarin in Mahayana glossary
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Karmakārin (कर्मकारिन्) refers to “one who is doing (good actions)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, the thirty-two dharmas are included in sixty-four dharmas. What are those sixty-four? [...] (21) saying thus is included in doing good actions (sukṛta-karmakārin) and no distress; (22) acting as you said is included in truth and saying correctly; (23) correct application is included in being in accordance with dependent origination and avoiding eternity or discontinuity; (24) correct exertion is included in application and the proper way; [...]’”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Karmakarin in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karmakārin (कर्मकारिन्).—m. a labourer, artisan, workman.

Karmakārin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karman and kārin (कारिन्).

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

1) Karmakarī (कर्मकरी):—[=karma-karī] [from karma-kara > karma > karman] f. Sanseviera zeylanica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] Momordica monadelpha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Karmakārī (कर्मकारी):—[=karma-kārī] [from karma-kāra > karma > karman] f. = -karī above, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Karmakārin (कर्मकारिन्):—[=karma-kārin] [from karma > karman] mfn. (ifc.) doing or accomplishing any act or work or business (cf. tat-k, śubha-k.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karmakārin (कर्मकारिन्):—[(rī-riṇī-ri) a. Idem.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Karmakarin 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Karmakarin in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karmakari (ಕರ್ಮಕರಿ):—[noun] a woman worker.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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