kArA f. (√ 1. kf ?), a prison, Vikr. ; Daś.
kArA 1 Imprisonment, confinement. 2 A prison-house, a jail. 3 Part of a lute below the neck. 4 Pain, affliction. 5 A female messenger. 6 A female worker in gold. 7 A sound. 8 An instrument for drowning the sound of the lute. Comp. — agAraM, -gfhaM, -veSman n. a prison house, a jail; kArAgfhe nirjitavAsavena laMkeSvaraRozitamA prasAdAt R. 6. 40 , Śānti. 4. 10 . — guptaH a prisoner. — pAlaH a guard of a prison, jailor.