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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

karttari (कर्त्तरि).—(In Sanskrit the seventh case of karttṛ) Agreeing with or indicating the agent:--opp. to karmaṇi Agreeing with the object. Used of the various affixes to roots and words forming derivatives and inflections.

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karttarī (कर्त्तरी).—f S Scissors, clippers, shears.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

karttari (कर्त्तरि).—a Agreeing with or indicating the agent

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karttarī (कर्त्तरी).—f. (-rī) 1. A scissors or shears. 2. A knife. 3. A small sword or cutlass. E. kṛt to cut, aran affix, and ṅīp fem. do.

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

Karttari (कर्त्तरि).—karttarī (for karttrī, i. e. kṛt + tṛ + ī), f. Scissors, [Suśruta] 2, 13, 16.

Karttari can also be spelled as Karttarī (कर्त्तरी).

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

Karttarī (कर्त्तरी):—(rī) 3. f. Pair of scissors.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Karttarī (कर्त्तरी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kattarī.

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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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Starts with: Karttarika, Karttariprayoga.

Full-text (+45): Kattari, Parivraja, Duraka, Karmani, Adhivettri, Ghurnita, Dhmakara, Akarma-karttaripirayokam, Dhvasta, Karttarika, Chitti, Timita, Palayita, Dishti, Darpa, Tiraskara, Ghurnayamana, Glana, Turna, Dhanurbhrit.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Karttari, Karttarī; (plurals include: Karttaris, Karttarīs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 3125-3127 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]

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