○kara mfn. hard to be done or borne, difficult, arduous Br. Mn. MBh. &c. (often with inf
• ○raṃ yad or yadi, with indic. or Pot. and also with inf. = hardly, scarcely MBh. R.)
• rare, extraordinary MBh. Kathās.
• doing wrong, behaving ill, wicked, bad W.
• n. difficult act, difficulty ib.
• austerity Divyâv. 392
• aether, air L.
• the tree of plenty W.
• -karman (v. l. duṣkarma-kārin), mfn. doing difficult things, clever Daś.
• -kārin mfn. id
• experiencing difficulties R. &c. (○ritā f. MBh. xii, 5886)
• -caryā f. hard penance, N. of a ch. of Lalit.
• -sādhana n. means of overcoming difficulties Daś.
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William