कारस्कर

{ kāraskarḥ, kāraskara }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KĀRASKARA   A despised country of ancient times. there is a reference to this country in the [Mahābhārata, Karṇa Parva, Chapter 44] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कारस्कर  m.  m. ( [Pāṇ. 6-1, 156]), N. of a poisonous medicinal plant, 14, 12"> [BhP. v, 14, 12]
   a tree in general, [L.]
कारस्कर  m.  m. pl. N. of a people, ii, 1804; viii, 2066"> [MBh. ii, 1804; viii, 2066]
कारस्कर  m.  m. ( vv.ll. कारस्कार and कारस्कृत.)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कारस्करः [kāraskarḥ]   [कार-स्- कर [P.VI.1.56.] ] N. of a tree (किंपाक; mar. कुचला) [Bhāg.5.14.12;] कारस्करो वृक्षः

Shabda-Sagara

कारस्कर  m.  ( -रः)
   1. A medicinal plant.
   2. A tree.
    E. कार toll, revenue, and कर what makes; स is inserted in this sense, for the sake of euphony.

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कार कर स