kāra (4734)

kāra
Entry 4734, Page 178, Col. 1

(kAra, kAra<h>1)
1 kāra¦, m. sg. or (oftener) pl. (= Pali id.; pw 7.331 identifies with Vedic kāra, hymn of praise, but BHS always makes it object of a form of karoti), homage, act of worship: sg. kāraḥ kṛto Divy 133.17; (blend-form in mss.) kārāḥ kṛto (!) 134.1, 6, 10; otherwise only pl., kārāḥ kṛtā(ḥ) Divy 133.12, 22 (mss.); 192.19; 539.10; Av i.349.13; te kārāḥ kṛtās (note masc. pronoun) ii.108.1; kārā (for °rāḥ) kṛtā a- Divy 289.6; 583.29; kārā na kṛtā yena Divy 82.15; 88.18; kārāḥ kartavyā iti Av i.308.7; kārān, acc. pl. Divy 166.26; 329.16 (kurvan); 329.20 (akariṣyat); 539.8; Av i.154.2 (kartum); MSV i.61.19; ii.138.13, 14; acc. often written kārāṃ, which is only an orthographic variant of kārān but has led to the erroneous view that the stem is or may be fem. (kārā); so Divy 47.21, 24; 135.18; 245.1, 3, 9; 251.14; 289.15; 366.18; 420.16; 423.11; 531.8; 579.6; Śikṣ 150.2; Bbh 233.12; 234.16. The very rare sg. occur- [Page178-b+ 71] rences may be corruptions; standardly the word is m. pl.