As a deity name
Name 380 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
कर्ता · noun · masculine
की प्रथमा का एक॰] [स्त्री॰ कर्त्री] · करनेवाला । काम करनेवाला · रचनेवाला । बनाने— वाला — Śabdasāgara
कर्ता · adj
करनेवाला । क्रिया का करनेवाला । जिससे क्रिया का संबंध हो — Śabdasāgara
कर्ता · kartā · s.m.
Doer, maker, author, creator, agent; workman; operator; party (in a cause) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 824
कर्ता · masculine
doer; subject
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कर्तृ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्तृ (kartṛ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kartṛ mfn. one who makes or does or acts or effects, a doer, maker, agent, author (with gen. or acc. or ifc. cf. bhaya-kartṛ, &c.), RV.; AV. &c., MBh.; Mn. &c.
doing any particular action or business, applying one's self to any occupation (the business or occupation preceding in the compound, cf. suvarṇa-kartṛ, rājya-k˚, &c.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
one who makes or does or acts or effects, a doer, maker, agent, author (with gen. or acc. or ifc. cf. bhaya-kartṛ, &c.), &c., &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kartā" is the nominative of "kartṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kartā" is the nominative of "karttṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kartā" is the feminine form of "karta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
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Dictionary citations
kartṛ mfn. one who makes or does or acts or effects, a doer, maker, agent, author (with gen. or acc. or ifc. cf. bhaya-kartṛ, &c.), RV.; AV. &c., MBh.; Mn. &c.
doing any particular action or business, applying one's self to any occupation (the business or occupation preceding in the compound, cf. suvarṇa-kartṛ, rājya-k˚, &c.)
1. karttṛ mfn. one who cuts off
one who extinguishes, a destroyer, Vīrac.
karta as, m. (√ 1. kṛt; a more recent form is 2. garta), a hole, cavity, RV.; AV. iv, 12, 7; AitBr. &c.
separation, distinction, BhP.
Alternative readings
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