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
 * 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