كر

कर kar[old H. किर; Prk. करेor किरआ; S. कृत्वा, rt. कृ], past conj. part. (of karnā), Having done, etc.;—adv. & postpn. As, like, after the manner of; by the name or title of; by reason of, in consequence of, on account of; in respect of, as regards, as to; by means of, by, with, through (the conj. part. karprefixed to certain verbs serves to form a class of intensives, or completives, etc.; see s.v. karnā):—kar-kar, or kar-ke, or kar-kar-kar, or kar-kar-ke (by redupl. of kar; seeke), part., adv. & postpn.=kar (kar-keor kar-karis the more common form. Joined to substantives and certain adjectives it forms adverbs, e.g. kramkarke, 'respectively,' 'in order' (=kram-se), 'gradually';—dhruva-karke, 'firmly;' —mukhyakarke, 'principally.' Sometimes it is annexed to adverbs to emphasize them, e.g. avaśyakaror kar-ke, 'necessarily, etc.'. It is sometimes used as synonymous with se, e.g. ādhīntā`ī-karke= adhīntā`ī-se;—jal-karke snān, 'bathing with water';—jis-karke (=jis-se), 'by whom';—us-karke (=us-se), 'by him'; (see also kramkarke, above). Phrases in which kar-keoccurs are numerous, e.g. ek-ek-karke, 'one after another,' 'one at a time';—būṅd-būṅd-karke, 'drop by drop,' 'a drop at a time';—bahut-karke, 'in great measure,' 'at the most';—viśesh-karke, 'particularly,' 'especially';—satya-karke, 'in fact,' 'verily').