कर्ता, करतार kartā, kartār

S کرتا कर्ता, and H. करता kartā , = H کرتار कर्तार, and करतार kartār, s.m. Doer, maker, author, creator, agent; workman; operator; party (in a cause); proprietor, master, chief; husband; (in Gram.) the nominative case (kartā is commonly used as a suffix to verbal nouns to form nouns of agency, e.g. pālan-kartā, 'cherisher, protector'): — kartā-putr, s.m. A son who performs his father's obsequies, and is therefore considered entitled to the inheritance: — kartā-purush, s.m. An epithet of Brahmā, or of Vishṇu, or of Śʼiva, as the creator: — kartā-dhartā, or kartā, s.m. The active or managing member of a family.