As a deity name
Name 441 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘an object-agent’ or ‘object-containing agent’ i.e. an agent which is at the same time the object of an action (this is the idea expressed by the reflexive passive, as in odanaḥ pa…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member ftA unglossed)Multiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "karmakartā" is the nominative of "karmakartṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
karma—kartṛ m. (in Gr.), ‘an object-agent’ or ‘object-containing agent’ i.e. an agent which is at the same time the object of an action (this is the idea expressed by the reflexive passive, as in odanaḥ pacyate, ‘the mashed grain cooks of itself’), Pāṇ. iii, 1, 62 (cf. Gr. 461, iii)
m. du. (ārau) the work and the person accomplishing it.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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