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The Pali commentaries distinguish between karuṇā and mettā in the following complementary manner: Karuna is the desire to remove harm and suffering (ahita-dukkha-apanaya-kāmatā) from others; while mettā is the desire to bring about the well-being and happiness (hita-sukha-upanaya-kāmatā) of others. [13]
Kaul (also spelled Koul; Kashmiri: 𑆑𑆿𑆬 , कौल , كَوْلَ , romanized: kaula, lit. 'well born') is a Kashmiri surname that is used by the Kashmiri Pandit community in India. [1] [2] [3] The word Koul, meaning well born, is derived from Kula, the Sanskrit term for family or clan.
Jandhyala Papayya Sastry (4 August 1912 – 21 June 1992) was an eminent Telugu writer and lyricist. He was popularly known as Karunasri because his writings expressively show compassion (Karuna or Kāruṇyam), one of the nine Rasas.
The break-up between the LTTE and the Batticaloa-based Karuna group occurred in March 2004. [11] Karuna and others felt that Prabhakaran had become a dictator of a state that used Northern Tamils to oppress the Eastern Tamils [12] and that Eastern Tamils were not given due recognition for "laying down their lives in disproportionate numbers for the northern leadership". [13]
Karuna may refer to: Karuṇā, part of the spiritual path in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism; Karunas, Indian actor and politician; Karuna Kodithuwakku (born 1961), Sri Lankan politician; Karuna Nundy, Indian lawyer; Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (born 1966), also known as Colonel Karuna; Karuna, Finland, former municipality in Finland; Karuna ...
Karuna Kumar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Telugu cinema. [1] He is best known for directing the 2020 film Palasa 1978. Career
Jawahar Lal Kaul is an Indian social worker and the founder of the All India Conference of the Blind, an NGO working towards the rehabilitation of the blind. [1] He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, which bestowed on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his services to the field of Social Work.
Kaul has had two stints in the United Nations. He was Regional Adviser, Trade Policy with United Nations-ESCAP at Bangkok, Thailand from 1991 to 1998. [16] [17] [18] He served for a second time in the United Nations from 2008 to 2011 as Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee, New York, a subsidiary body of UN General Assembly.