As a deity name
Name 653 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
कराना
to cause to do, to make one do
Śabdasāgara also records: अनंतमूल । सारिवा । भीषण या भयंकर रुपवाली · दुर्गा । चंड़ी (को॰)
Platts (p. 822) also records: An epithet of Durgā
Cited formation "कराला" is कराल + -आ: कराल means "(f. -ā), Having formidable projecting teeth", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "कराला" is कराल + -आ: कराल means "(f. -ā), Having formidable projecting teeth", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set करना (karnā) कराना (karānā) करवाना (karvānā) From करना (karnā, “to do”). Cognate with Nepali गराउनु (garāunu).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Hemidesmus Indicus
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "karālā" is the feminine form of "karāla" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
karālā f. Hemidesmus Indicus, L.
N. of Durgā, Mālatīm.
of a procuress, Hit.
karāla mfn. opening wide, cleaving asunder, gaping (as a wound), Mṛcch.; Pañcat.; R. &c.
having a gaping mouth and projecting teeth, BhP.; R.; Prab.
Alternative readings
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