karaṭa m. an elephant's temple MBh. Bhartṛ. &c
• the spot between the forehead and ear of a bird VarBṛS
• a crow BhP. v, 14, 29 Śāntiś. &c
• a kind of drum Comm. on VarBṛS
• a man of a low or degraded profession L
• a bad Brāhman L
• an atheist, unbeliever, impugner of the doctrines of the Veda L
• a kind of funeral ceremony L
• Carthamus Tinctorius L
• (ās), m. pl., N. of a people MBh. vi, 370 VP
• of a royal dynasty
• (ā), f. an elephant's temple
• a cow difficult to be milked L
• (ī), f. a crow L
• (mfn.) dark-red VarBṛS. 61, 2
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