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What is Karaka in Sanskrit?

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Tina Tripathi
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What is Karaka in Sanskrit?
What is Karaka in Sanskrit?
Manasi Wangikar
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There are 6 main kaarakas in Sanskrit

There are 6 main karakas in Sanskrit.

Karak can be said as English equivalent of case. 

कर्ता कर्म च करणं सम्प्रदानं तथैव च।
अपादानाधिकरणमित्याहः कारकाणि षट्॥

1. कर्त्ता कारक (प्रथमा विभक्ति) (Nominative Case)
2. कर्म कारक (द्वितीया विभक्ति) (Accusative Case)
3. करण कारक (तृतीया विभक्ति) (Instrumental case)
4. सम्प्रदान कारक (चतुर्थी विभक्ति) (Dative case)
5. अपादान कारक (पंचमी विभक्ति) (Ablative case)
6. संबंध कारक (षष्ठी विभक्ति) (Genitive Case)

Karak is one which follows an action and also denotes the relation between noun and verb.