Karana

Karana may refer to:

• Karana, ancient Assyrian-Babylonian city state, modern day Tell al-Rimah
• Karrana, a village in Bahrain
• Karana (dance) are the 108 key transitions in classical Indian dance described in Natya Shastra
• Karan (caste) or Karana, a caste of Odisha state in India
• Karana (astronomy), a historical genre of Indian texts on astronomy
• Karana (pancanga), one among the five co-ordinate members (pancanga) in the Indian system of astronomical calculations
• Karana (moth), a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
• Kāraṇa, cause and effect in Advaita Vedanta
• Karana, colloquial term for Indians in Madagascar
• Karana, the main character in Scott O'Dell's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins, who is based on the historical Juana Maria
• Karana the Rainkeeper, the god of rain and storms in the EverQuest MMORPG

See also

• Karan (disambiguation)
• Karna (disambiguation)
• Karn (disambiguation)
• Karnan (disambiguation)
• Karna, a character in the ancient Indian epic Mahābhārata