kāraṇa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कारण (kāraṇa, “cause; reason”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.ra.na/

Noun

kāraṇa

  1. cause, reason
  2. the Supreme Cause.
    Synonyms: mahākāraṇa, paramakāraṇa
  3. stratagem, trick

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • antahkāraṇa
  • jagatkāraṇa
  • jayakāraṇa
  • kāryakāraṇa
  • mahākāraṇa
  • mokṣakāraṇa
  • niṣkāraṇa
  • paramakāraṇa
  • rāgakāraṇa
  • wighnamārgakāraṇa

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦏꦫꦤ (karana, “reason, cause; because”), ꦏꦿꦤ (krana, “reason; because of”), ꦏꦼꦫꦤ (kerana, “because”)
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬭᬡ (karana, “cause, origin, reason”)

Further reading
  • "kāraṇa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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