I whakamahia tuatahi enei karaka whakakakara i roto i China a tawhio noa te rau tau 6th; i roto i Japan, tonu tetahi i roto i te Shōsōin, ahakoa e kore ona pūāhua he Hainamana, engari Devanagari. Na te mea o to ratou whakamahi pinepine o pūāhua Devanagari, tohu o to ratou whakamahi i roto i ngā tikanga Buddhist, Edward H. Schafer whakaaro e i waihangahia karaka whakakakara i roto i India. Ahakoa rite ki te karaka whakakakara, ka tahuna karaka whakakakara ano, me te kahore he flatme; na reira, ko ratou atu tika, me te haumaru mō te whakamahi roto. Kua kitea maha momo o karaka whakakakara i roto i te Far East, me i hanga i roto i te maha rerekē ngā puka. i roto i te wa o te Hainamana, i whakamahia hoki te karaka whakakakara i roto i te maha o ngā wā, engari i te nuinga o te wā i whakamahia hoki i roto i te wa o te wa o te Hainamana, i reira i whakamahia hoki ki te kia whakaritea i roto i te wā o te wa, i reira i
ka tahuna ōrite me te kore he mura