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

• karaṇa

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.