kāraṇa
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Old Javanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit कारण (kāraṇa, “cause; reason”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kāraṇa
- cause, reason
- the Supreme Cause.
- Synonyms: mahākāraṇa, paramakāraṇa
- stratagem, trick
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Javanese: ꦏꦫꦤ (karana, “reason, cause; because”), ꦏꦿꦤ (krana, “reason; because of”), ꦏꦼꦫꦤ (kerana, “because”)
- → Balinese: ᬓᬭᬡ (karana, “cause, origin, reason”)
Further reading[edit]
- "kāraṇa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.