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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karvara (कर्वर).—a. Variegated.

-raḥ 1 Sin.

2) Tiger.

3) A demon.

4) A sort of medicament.

-rī 1 An epithet of Durgā.

2) Night.

3) A Rākṣasī.

4) A tigress.

-ram Red lead.

See also (synonyms): karbara.

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

Karvara (कर्वर) or Karvvara.—m.

(-raḥ) 1. A demon or imp. 2. A tiger. f. (-rī) 1. A name of Durga. 2. The leaf of the asafœtida plant: see hiṅgupatrī. E. kṛ to injure, kvarac Unadi affix; if derived from karbba to go, &c. this word is read karbbara, but such a reading is probably inaccurate: see karbbara, also karbbura; it is sometimes considered as a various reading of this last, meaning, variegated.

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

Karvara (कर्वर).—[neuter] deed, action.

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

1) Karvara (कर्वर):—1. karvara mfn. (√1. kṛ), a deed, action, [Ṛg-veda vi, 24, 5; x, 120, 7; Atharva-veda]

2) 2. karvara mfn. or karbara (√1. kṝ, [Uṇādi-sūtra ii, 123]), variegated, spotted, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) m. sin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) a Rakṣas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) a tiger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) a particular medicament, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) n. red lead, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. karbu, karbura, etc.; karavī; kāravī.)

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

Karvara (कर्वर):—[(raḥ-rī)] 1. m. 3. f. A demon; a tiger. f. Durgā; asafoetida leaf.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karvara in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karvara (ಕರ್ವರ):—

1) [noun] a devil; an evil spirit; a demon.

2) [noun] a large, fierce Asian cat (Panthera tigris), having a tawny coat striped with black; a tiger.

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Karvari (ಕರ್ವರಿ):—

1) [noun] a female deon, evil spirit.

2) [noun] a female tiger; a tigress.

3) [noun] the duration of the day from the late evening till dawn; night.

context information

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kārvāri (கார்வாரி) noun < Urdu kārbārī. One who conducts the affairs or business of another, manager, agent, superintendent; காரியஸ்தன். [kariyasthan.]

context information

Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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