Kashtakara, Kaṣṭakara, Kashta-kara, Kaṣṭakāra: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Kaṣṭakara and Kaṣṭakāra can be transliterated into English as Kastakara or Kashtakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Kaṣṭakara (कष्टकर).—a. giving pain, troublesome.
Kaṣṭakara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṣṭa and kara (कर).
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Kaṣṭakāra (कष्टकार).—the world (as the scene of miseries).
Derivable forms: kaṣṭakāraḥ (कष्टकारः).
Kaṣṭakāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṣṭa and kāra (कार). See also (synonyms): kaṣṭakāraka.
Kaṣṭakara (कष्टकर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) Giving pain or trouble. E. kaṣṭa, and kara what makes.
Kaṣṭakara (कष्टकर):—[=kaṣṭa-kara] [from kaṣṭa] mf(ī)n. causing pain or trouble, [Horace H. Wilson]
Kaṣṭakara (कष्टकर):—[kaṣṭa-kara] (raḥ-rī-raṃ) a. Giving trouble.
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
Kaṣṭakāra (ಕಷ್ಟಕಾರ):—[noun] (dial.) a very hard working man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Kaṣṭakara (कष्टकर):—adj. causing difficulty; suffering;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Kashta, Kara.
Starts with (+0): Kashtakaraka.
Full-text (+0): Kshtakar, Kasht, Kashtakaraka, Kashta.
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