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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāruhasta (कारुहस्त).—the hand of an artisan; नित्यं शुद्धः कारुहस्तः (nityaṃ śuddhaḥ kāruhastaḥ) Manusmṛti 5.129.

Derivable forms: kāruhastaḥ (कारुहस्तः).

Kāruhasta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāru and hasta (हस्त).

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

Kārūhasta (कारूहस्त).—m.

(-staḥ) The hand of the artisan or artificer. E. kārū, and hasta hand.

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

Kāruhasta (कारुहस्त):—[=kāru-hasta] [from kāru] m. the hand of an artisan, [Manu-smṛti v, 129.]

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

Kārūhasta (कारूहस्त):—[kārū-hasta] (staḥ) 1. m. Artizan’s hand.

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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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Partial matches: Hasta, Karu.

Full-text: Karu.

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