कर्तृ [ kartṛ ] [ kartṛ́ ] m. f. n. one who makes or does or acts or effects , a doer , maker , agent , author (with gen. or acc. or ifc. cf. [ bhaya-kartṛ ] , ) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. MBh. Lit. Mn.

  doing any particular action or business , applying one's self to any occupation (the business or occupation preceding in the compound cf. [ suvarṇa-kartṛ ] , [ rājya-k ] , )

  one who acts in a religious ceremony , a priest Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ĀśvGṛ.

  [ kartṛ ] m. the creator of the world Lit. ŚBr. xiv Lit. Yājñ. iii , 69

  N. of Vishṇu Lit. Pañcat.

  of Brahman Lit. L.

  of Śiva Lit. L.

  ( in Gr.) the agent of an action ( who acts of his own accord ( [ sva-tantra ] ) ) , the active noun , the subject of a sentence (it stands either in the nom. ( in active construction ) , or in the instr. ( in passive construction ) , or in the gen. ( in connection with a noun of action ) ; it is opposed to [ karman ] , the object) Lit. Pāṇ.

  one who is about to do , one who will do ( used as periphr. fut.) Lit. MBh.