As a deity name
Name 229 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
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
to do (to perform or execute, to commit) (a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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