𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa, “cause, reason, factor”), ultimately from the root कृ (kṛ). Cognate with Pali kāraṇa.

𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa) n^[1]

1. purpose, cause

Attested at Girnar.

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (“purpose, cause”)
𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀦 (kālana) (2) 𐨐𐨪𐨞 (karaṇa) (1) 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa) (1)

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa) (see there for further descendants)

𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 n

1. Brahmi script form of kāraṇa

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa).

𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 (kāraṇa) n (Devanagari कारण)

1. cause, reason, purpose
2. means

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: කරුණ (karuṇa)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: कारण (kāraṇ)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: কাৰণ (karon)
  • Bengali: কারণ (karon)
  • Maithili: kāraṇ

    Devanagari script: कारण

    Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒰𑒩𑒝

  • Odia: କାରଣ (kāraṇa)
  • Rajbanshi: कारन
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Konkani: kāraṇ

    Devanagari script: कारण

    Kannada script: ಕಾರಣ್

    Latin script: karonn

  • Old Marathi: kāraṇa

    Devanagari script: कारण

    Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘜

    • Marathi: कारण (kāraṇ)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Old Punjabi: ਕਾਰਣੁ (kāraṇu), ਕਾਰਨੁ (kāranu)
    • Punjabi: kāran

      Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਰਨ

      Shahmukhi script: کارَن

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ڪارَڻُ

    Devanagari script: कारणु

• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
    • Old Gujarati: कारण (kāraṇa)
      • Gujarati: કારણ (kāraṇ)

        Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: کارن (kāran)

      • Marwari: कारण (kāraṇ)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Old Hindi: कारंण (kārãṇ)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “कारण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: .

𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡 • (kāraṇa) stem, n

1. Brahmi script form of कारण