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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
caraचरmfn. (g. pacādi) moving, locomotive (as animals opposed to plants, or as the Karaṇas in astrol.), [VPrāt.]; [ŚvetUp. iii, 18]; [Mn. vii, 15]; [MBh.] &c.
(= saṃcārin) forming the retinue of any one, [BhP. iv, 29, 23]
movable, shaking, unsteady, [W.]
ifc. going, walking, wandering, being, living, practising (e.g. adhaś-, anta-, antarikṣa-, ap-, ādāya-, udake-, &c.; cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 16])
mf(I)n. ifc. ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 53 f.]; [vi, 3, 35 f.]) having been formerly (e.g. āḍhya-, devadatta-, qq.vv.; a-dṛṣṭa- or nadṛṣṭa-, ‘not seen before’, [Kathās.] [once f. irr. ā, [lx, 58]] [Sarvad. iii, 16]; [vii, 19]; an-ālokita- id., [Bālar. iv, 54/55])
m. a spy, secret emissary or agent, [Mn. vii, 122]; [Hariv. 10316]; [R.] &c.
= caraṭa, [L.]
the small shell Cypraea moneta, [L.]
the wind, air, [BhP. x, 14, 11]
the planet Mars, [L.]
a game played with dice (similar to backgammon), [L.]
a cowrie, [W.]
‘passage’, see a-, duś-
n. (in astron.) ascensional difference, [Gol. vii]
(in astron., read, ‘the difference of time between the rising of a heavenly body at Laṅkā or Ceylon, over which the first meridian passes, and that of its rising at any partic. place’).
carabhaचरभcara—bha n. = -gṛha, [Laghuj.]
caraṇaचरणcáraṇa m. n. (g. ardharcādi) a foot, [Gobh.]; [Mn. ix, 277]; [Bādar.]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Hariv. 3914]; [Mālav.])
(ifc. pl.) ‘the feet of’, the venerable (N. N.), [MBh. xii, 174, 24], Sch.
a pillar, support, [Hariv. 4643]
the root (of a tree), [L.]
a Pāda or line of a stanza, [Śrut.]
a dactyl
a 4th part (pāda), [VarBṛ.]; [Līl.]
a section, subdivision, [Bhpr.]; [Sarvad.] (catuś-, q.v.)
a school or branch of the Veda, [Nir. i, 17]; [Pāṇ.]; [MBh. xii], [xiii]; [Pañcat. iv, 3]
cáraṇa n. going round or about, motion, course, [RV. iii, 5, 5]; [ix, 113, 9]; [x, 136, 6] and [139, 6]; [ŚBr. ii], [x]; [Sāh.]
acting, dealing, managing, (liturgical) performance, observance, [AV. vii, 106, 1]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [VP. iii, 5, 13]
behaviour, conduct of life, [KātyŚr.]; [ChUp. v, 10]
good or moral conduct, [Kauś. 67]; [MBh. xiii, 3044]; [Lalit.]
practising (generally ifc. cf. tapaś- [tapasaś c°, [Mn. vi, 75]], bhikṣā-, bhaikṣa-), [Gobh. iii, 1, 12]; [Nal.]
grazing, [W.]
consuming, eating, [L.]
a particular high number, [Buddh.]; [L.] (cf. dvi-, puraś-, ratha-).
caraṇiचरणिcaráṇi (only gen. pl. °ṇīnām) mfn. ‘movable’, active ([Gmn.]), [RV. viii, 24, 23.]
carathaचरथcarátha mfn. moving, living, [RV. i, 58, 5]; [68, 1]; [70, 2] and [4] (ca rátha MSS.); [72, 6]
carátha n. going, wandering, course, [RV.] ([i, 66, 9] carā́tha); [iii, 31, 15]; [viii, 33, 8]; [x, 92, 13]
(āya) dat. inf. = carāyai, [RV.]
carajāचरजाcara—jā f. (scil. jyā) the sign of -khaṇḍa, [Sūryas. ii, 61]; [iii, 33.]
carakīचरकीcárakī (ī), f. a kind of venomous fish, [Suśr. v, 3, 8]
N. of an evil spirit, [VarBṛS. liii, 83]; [AgP. xl, 18.]
carakaचरकcáraka m. a wanderer, wandering religious student, [ŚBr. xiv]; [Pāṇ. v, 1, 11]; [Lalit. i, 28]
a spy, [Naiṣ. iv, 116]
a kind of ascetic, [VarBṛ. xv, 1]
a kind of medicinal plant, [L.]
N. of a Muni and physician (the Serpent-king Śeṣa, who was the recipient of the Āyur-veda; once on visiting the earth and finding it full of sickness he became moved with pity and determined to become incarnate as the son of a Muni for alleviating disease; he was called Caraka because he had visited the earth as a kind of spy or cara; he then composed a new book on medicine, based on older works of Agni-veśa and other pupils of Ātreya, [Bhpr.])
N. of a lexicographer
cáraka m. pl. (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 107]) N. of a branch of the black Yajur-veda (the practises and rites enjoined by which are different in some respects from those in [ŚBr.]), [ŚBr. iv]; [Lāṭy. v, 4, 20]; Sch. on [VS.] & [ŚBr.]; [VāyuP. i, 61, 10]
caramaचरमcaramá m(nom. pl. °me, or °mAs, Pāṇ. i, 1, 33)f(A)n. (in comp. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 58]) last, ultimate, final, [RV. vii, 59, 3]; [viii, 20, 14]; [TS. i], [v]; [BhP.] &c. (°mā kriyā, ‘the [final i.e.] funeral ceremony’, [MBh. iv, 834])
the outermost (first or last, opposed to the middle one), [RV. viii, 61, 15]
later, [KapS. i, 72]
(°maṃ kiṃ, ‘what more?’, [Prasannar. v, 3/4])
‘western’, in comp.
lowest, least, [L.]
a particular high number, [Buddh.]; [L.]
caraṭīचरटीf. (= °raṇṭī, ciraṭī, ciraṇṭī) a woman married or single who after maturity resides in her father's house, [L.], Sch.
caraṭaचरटm. (= cara) a wagtail, [L.]
caraṇṭīचरण्टीf. = °raṭī, [L.], Sch.
caraṇyaचरण्यNom. °ṇyati, to move g. kaṇḍvādi (cf. ā-, uc-).
mfn. foot-like g. śākhādi.
caraṇyuचरण्युcaraṇyú mfn. movable, [RV. x, 95, 6]; [AV. xx, 48.]
carajyāचरज्याcara—jyā f. id., 34 Sch. [Gol. vii, 1], Sch.
caramamचरमम्(am), ind. last, [MBh. i], [iii]
at last, at the end, [Rājat. v, 7]
after any one (gen.), [Mn. ii, 194]; [Kir.]
caramyaचरम्यNom. °myati, to be the last g. kaṇḍv-ādi.
carantaचरन्तm. N. of a man, [VāyuP. ii, 30, 5.]
caravyaचरव्यSee carú.
mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 1, 2], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.]) destined for the Caru oblation, [ĀpŚr. viii, 2, 4], Sch.
caraṇakaचरणकn. a small foot, [Śiś.]
caraṇapaचरणपcaraṇa—pa m. ‘root-drinker’, a tree, [L.]
caraṇasaचरणसmfn. fr. °ṇa, g. tṛṇādi.
caraṇilaचरणिलmfn. fr. °ṇa, g. kāśādi.
caradalaचरदलcara—dala n. = -khaṇḍa, [VarBṛS. ii, 0]/[1]; [Sūryas. iii, 10]
caradevaचरदेवcara—deva m. N. of a man, [Rājat. vii, 1554.]
caragṛhaचरगृहcara—gṛha n. a moving or varying sign of the zodiac, i.e. the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th, [VarBṛS. vci, 3] and [14]; [Laghuj.]
caramājāचरमाजाcaramā́jā f. the last or smallest she-goat, [AV. v, 18, 11.]
carakhaṇḍaचरखण्डcara—khaṇḍa n. (in astron.) the amount of the ascensional difference, [Sūryas. iii, 43]; [Gol. vii, 1.]
caraṇākṣaचरणाक्षm. (= akṣa-pāda) Gautama, [SŚaṃkar.]
caraṇārdhaचरणार्धn. the half of the foot, [W.]
half of the fourth of a stanza, [W.]
caraṇatraचरणत्रcaraṇa—tra ‘foot-saver’, a shoe, [Kuṭṭanīm.]
caraṇavatचरणवत्caraṇa—vat mfn. of good conduct, [GopBr. i, 2, 5.]
caramādriचरमाद्रिm. = °ma-giri, [L.]
caramūrtiचरमूर्तिcara—mūrti f. an idol which is carried about in procession, [W.]
caramatasचरमतस्carama—tás ind. at the outermost end, [AV. xix, 15, 3]; [MaitrS. iii, 10, 1.]
carapuṣṭaचरपुष्टcara—puṣṭa m. ‘spy-nourished’, a mediator, [W.]
carabhavanaचरभवनcara—bhavana n. id., [ib.]
caraṇāmṛtaचरणामृतn. ‘foot-nectar’, the water in which the feet of a Brāhman or spiritual guide have been washed, [W.]
caraṇānatiचरणानतिf. = °ṇa-patana, [Amar.] ([Kpr. iv, 13/14]).
caraṇāyudhaचरणायुधmfn. having the feet for weapons, [MBh. ix, 2669]; [R. iii, 56, 35]
m. a cock, [Car. vi, 2] and [5]; [Sāh. iii, 195/196]
caraṇadāsaचरणदासcaraṇa—dāsa m. N. of the author of the Guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda and of the philos. poem Nāciketopākhyāna.
caraṇagataचरणगतcaraṇa—gata mfn. fallen at one's feet, [W.]
caraṇapātaचरणपातcaraṇa—pāta m. = -patana, [Pañcat. iv, 9]
tread, kick, [Hariv. 13607]; [Pañcat. ii, 47/48]
caraṇasevāचरणसेवाcaraṇa—sevā f. ‘service on one's feet’, devotion, [W.]
caraṇayugaचरणयुगcaraṇa—yuga n. both feet, [W.]
two lines of a stanza, [W.]
caraṇodakaचरणोदकn. = °ṇāmṛta, [W.]
caraṇopagaचरणोपगmfn. in contact with the feet, at the feet, [W.]
caradalajāचरदलजाcara—dala—jā f. = cara-jā, [xiii, 15].
caradravyaचरद्रव्यcara—dravya n. pl. ‘movables’, goods and chattels, [W.]
caramācalaचरमाचलm. = °ma-giri, [Prasannar. vii, 51/52]; [Hit.]
caramagiriचरमगिरिcarama—giri m. id., [Bhojapr. 319.]
caramakālaचरमकालcarama—kāla m. the last moments, hour of death, [W.]
caraṇabhaṅgaचरणभङ्गcaraṇa—bhaṅga m. fracture of the foot, [Pañcat. i, 22/23]
caraṇalagnaचरणलग्नcaraṇa—lagna mfn. = -gata, [Dhūrtas.]
caraṇanyāsaचरणन्यासcaraṇa—nyāsa m. footstep, [Ratnāv. i, 11]
foot-mark, [Megh. 56.]
caraṇapadmaचरणपद्मcaraṇa—padma m. n. = -kamala, [W.]
caraṇapṛṣṭhaचरणपृष्ठcaraṇa—pṛṣṭha m. the back of the foot, [Daś. viii, 192.]
caraṇavyūhaचरणव्यूहcaraṇa—vyūha m. N. of a treatise on the schools of the Veda.
caraṇayodhinचरणयोधिन्caraṇa—yodhin m. ‘foot-fighter’, a cock, [R. (B) iv, 58, 31.]
caraśiñjinīचरशिञ्जिनीcara—śiñjinī f. = -jā, [Gol. vii, 1.]
carakācāryaचरकाचार्यcárakācārya m. a teacher of the Carakas, [VS. xxx, 18.]
carakabhāṣyaचरकभाष्यcaraka—bhāṣya n. N. of another Comm. on [Car.] by Kṛṣṇa.
caramāvasthāचरमावस्थाf. the last state, [W.]
caramavayasचरमवयस्carama—vayas mfn. (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 20]; [Pat.]) being in the last stage of life, old, [Mālatīm. vi, 2]
caraṇābharaṇaचरणाभरणn. a foot-ornament, [L.]
caraṇānamitaचरणानमितmfn. bent under the feet, trodden down, [W.]
caraṇīyamānaचरणीयमानcaraṇīyámāna mf(A)n. engaged in, carrying on (with acc.), [RV. iii, 61, 3.]
caraṇagranthiचरणग्रन्थिcaraṇa—granthi m. ‘foot-joint’, the ancle, [ĀpŚr. vii, 2, 6], Sch.
caraṇakamalaचरणकमलcaraṇa—kamala n. ‘foot-lotus’, a beautiful foot, [W.]
caraṇaparvanचरणपर्वन्caraṇa—parvan n. = -granthi, [L.]
caraṇapatanaचरणपतनcaraṇa—patana n. a foot-fall, [Amar.]
caraṇapatitaचरणपतितcaraṇa—patita mfn. = -ga, [W.]
caraṇopadhānaचरणोपधानn. a foot-rest, [MBh. i, 193, 10.]
carakādhvaryuचरकाध्वर्युcárakādhvaryu m. id. (generally pl.), [ŚBr. iii f.], [viii]; [BhP.] &c.
carakagranthaचरकग्रन्थcaraka—grantha m. Caraka's book (on med.)
carakatantraचरकतन्त्रcaraka—tantra n. id.
caramabhavikaचरमभविकcarama—bhavika mfn. being in the last earthly state, [Buddh.]
caraṇāravindaचरणारविन्दn. = °ṇakamala, [W.]
caraṇaśuśrūṣāचरणशुश्रूषाcaraṇa—śuśrūṣā f. = -patana, [R. iii, 14, 8.]
caraṇaprasāraचरणप्रसारcaraṇa—prasāra m. stretching the legs, [Mn. ii, 198]; [Kull.]
caramaśairṣikaचरमशैर्षिकcarama—śairṣika mf(I)n. having the points turned towards the west, [MBh. xiii, 462.]
caramakṣmābhṛtचरमक्ष्माभृत्carama—kṣmā-bhṛt m. the western (‘earth-supporter’ or) mountain, [L.]
caraṇāskandanaचरणास्कन्दनn. treading down with the feet, [W.]
caraṇakisalayaचरणकिसलयcaraṇa—kisalaya n. id., [W.]
caramavaiyākaraṇaचरमवैयाकरणcarama—vaiyākaraṇa m. (the last i.e.) an ignorant grammarian, [W.]
carakatantravyākhyāचरकतन्त्रव्याख्याcaraka—tantra—vyākhyā f. N. of a Comm. on [Car.] by Hari-candra.