As a Hindi name
करना
to do (to perform or execute, to commit); to work, do work; to make, create; to cause to become, to render
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set करना (karnā) कराना (karānā) करवाना (karvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti Sanskrit कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti) Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti) Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei) Hindi करना In…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
īGr. of what kind? what like?; &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kīdṛśa mf(ī Gr.)n. (Pāṇ. vi, 3, 90) of what kind? what like? MBh.; Pañcat. &c.
of what use? i.e. useless, Bhartṛ.
kīdṛśa, kīdṛśa (śī f.), kīdṛkṣa (kṣī f.) Of what kind or sort, of what nature; tadbhoḥ kīdṛgasau vivekavibhavaḥ kīdṛk prabodhodayaḥ Prab. 1; N. 1. 137.
kīdṛśa, kīdṛśa (śī f.), kīdṛkṣa (kṣī f.) Of what kind or sort, of what nature; tadbhoḥ kīdṛgasau vivekavibhavaḥ kīdṛk prabodhodayaḥ Prab. 1; N. 1. 137.
Alternative readings
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