○kāra (oṃ-k○), m. the sacred and mystical syllable om, the exclamationom, pronouncing the syllable om Mn. ii, 75 ; 81 Kathās. Bhag. &c., (cf.vijayoṃkāra, kṛtoṃkāra)

• a beginning, prosperous or auspicious beginning of (e.g. a science)Bālar.

• N. of a Liṅga

• (ā), f. a Buddhist Śakti or female personification of divine energy L.

• -grantha m. N. of wk. of Nārāyaṇa

• -tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha

• -pīṭha n. N. of a place

• -bhaṭṭa m. N. of a man