kāraṇa (4738)

kāraṇa
Entry 4738, Page 178, Col. 2

(kAraRa, kAraRa)
kāraṇa¦, cause (as in Skt.; a few special uses): (1) Laṅk 9.18 f. sarva-kāraṇa-tīrthya-vyapeta-buddheḥ (Laṅ- kādhipateḥ), prob. having his intellect turned away from the heretics (who are characterized by the view that) all things are caused (Suzuki's version is impossible); (2) acc. adv., for the sake (of, gen.): SP 74.8 (prose) āgacchata (read prob. °tha with most mss.) śīghraṃ teṣāṃ kāraṇaṃ nirdhāvata (°tha), come, run forth quickly for the sake of (getting) these (toys)!; (3) loc., quasi-adv., used in a way resembling Skt. sthāne, with good reason: Jm 223.20 (vs) jagad idam avakīrṇam kāraṇe tvadyaśobhiḥ.