karaka, (1) (4476)

karaka, (1)
Entry 4476, Page 168, Col. 2

(karaka, karaka)
karaka, (1)¦ = prec., in same cpd.: Divy 37.1--2; 341.29; Av i.3.5; Speyer, Index, takes kara(ka) in this cpd. as = Skt. and Pali karaka, water-pot, but see s.v. kāṭaka, which may be related (in cpd. pātra-k°), and even if not related, seems to disprove Speyer; (2) (= AMg. karaga; in Skt. kāraka, not karaka, is used in this sense, as also in Pali) doer, one who does: LV 340.4 (vs) karaka- vedaka-vītivṛttāḥ (most mss. kāraka, unmetr.); Dbh.g. 27(53).11 karak'apeta, without a doer; in view of Dbh 49.6 (prose) kāraka-vedaka-virahita, the short a is prob. m.c. despite the following, all from prose, where to be sure the word is adjectival, making, producing: bodhi-karakair dharmaiḥ Av i.69.12; 75.4 etc.; bodhisattva-karakair dharmaiḥ Av i.86.15.