kAraka a. ( rikA f. ) [ kf-Rvul ] (Usually at the end of comp. ) 1 Making, acting, doing, performing, creating, doer &c.; svapnasya kArakaH Y. 3. 150 ; 2. 156 ; varRasaMkarakArakEH Bg. 1. 42 ; Ms. 7. 204 ; Pt. 5. 36. 2 An agent. 3 Intending to act or do. — kaM 1 (In gram. ) The relation subsisting between a noun and a verb in a sentence, (or between a noun and other words governing it); there are six such Kārakas, belonging to the first seven cases, except the genitive: (1) kartf ; (2) karman ; (3); karaRa ; (4) saMpradAna ; (5) apAdAna ; (6) aDikaraRa . 2 That part of grammar which treats of these relations; i. e. syntax. 3 Water produced from hail. Comp. — dIpakaM (in Rhet. ) a figure of speech in which the same Kāraka is connected with several verbs in succession; e. g. Kidyati kURati vellati vicalati nimizati vilokayati tiryak . aMtarnaMdati cuMbitumicCati navapariRayA vaDUH Sayane .. K. P. 10. — hetuH the active or efficient cause ( opp. jYApakahetu ).