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
Śabdasāgara also records: यम । मृत्युदेवता · एक प्रकार का बानर
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
a cultivator of the soil, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
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Dictionary citations
kīnāśa m. (√ kliś, Uṇ. v, 56) a cultivator of the soil, RV. iv, 57, 8; VS. xxx, 11; AV. &c.
niggard, MBh.
Das, BhP.; Kathās.
N. of Yama, Naiṣ. vi, 75; Bālar.
(= kīśa) a kind of monkey, L.
Alternative readings
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