kāraṇa
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.