1. kAru m. f. ( fr. √ 1. kf ), a maker, doer, artisan, mechanic, Mn. ; Yājñ. &c.
kAru a. ( rU f. ) [ kf-uR Uṇ. 1. 1 ] 1 A maker, doer, an agent, servant. 2 An artisan, mechanic, artist; kAruBiH kAritaM tena kftrimaM svapnahetave Vb. 1. 13 ; iti sma sA kArutareRa leKitaM nalasya ca svasya ca saKyamIkzate N. 1. 38 ; Y. 2. 249 , 1. 187 ; Ms. 5. 129 ; 10. 12. (They are: - takzA ca taMtravAyaSca nApito rajakastaTA . paMcamaScarmakAraSca kAravaH Silpino matAH .. ). 3 Terrible, horrible. — ruH 1 An epithet of viSvakarman the architect of the gods. 2 An art, a science. Comp. ( pb ) — cOraH one who commits burglary, a dacoit. — jaH 1 a piece of mechanism, any product of manufacture. 2 a young elephant. 3 a hillock, an ant-hill. 4 froth. 5 sesamum growing spontaneously. 6 red orpiment.