cara चर mfn. (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’). carabha चरभ cara—bha n. = -gṛha, [Laghuj.] caraṇa चरण cáraṇa 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-). caraṇi चरणि caráṇi (only gen. pl. °ṇīnām) mfn. ‘movable’, active ([Gmn.]), [RV. viii, 24, 23.] caratha चरथ carátha 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.] carajā चरजा cara—jā f. (scil. jyā) the sign of -khaṇḍa, [Sūryas. ii, 61]; [iii, 33.] carakī चरकी cárakī (ī), f. a kind of venomous fish, [Suśr. v, 3, 8] N. of an evil spirit, [VarBṛS. liii, 83]; [AgP. xl, 18.] caraka चरक cáraka 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] carama चरम caramá 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.] caraṭī चरटी f. (= °raṇṭī, ciraṭī, ciraṇṭī) a woman married or single who after maturity resides in her father's house, [L.], Sch. caraṭa चरट m. (= cara) a wagtail, [L.] caraṇṭī चरण्टी f. = °raṭī, [L.], Sch. caraṇya चरण्य Nom. °ṇyati, to move g. kaṇḍvādi (cf. ā-, uc-). mfn. foot-like g. śākhādi. caraṇyu चरण्यु caraṇyú mfn. movable, [RV. x, 95, 6]; [AV. xx, 48.] carajyā चरज्या cara—jyā f. id., 34 Sch. [Gol. vii, 1], Sch. caramam चरमम् (am), ind. last, [MBh. i], [iii] at last, at the end, [Rājat. v, 7] after any one (gen.), [Mn. ii, 194]; [Kir.] caramya चरम्य Nom. °myati, to be the last g. kaṇḍv-ādi. caranta चरन्त m. N. of a man, [VāyuP. ii, 30, 5.] caravya चरव्य See carú. mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 1, 2], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.]) destined for the Caru oblation, [ĀpŚr. viii, 2, 4], Sch. caraṇaka चरणक n. a small foot, [Śiś.] caraṇapa चरणप caraṇa—pa m. ‘root-drinker’, a tree, [L.] caraṇasa चरणस mfn. fr. °ṇa, g. tṛṇādi. caraṇila चरणिल mfn. fr. °ṇa, g. kāśādi. caradala चरदल cara—dala n. = -khaṇḍa, [VarBṛS. ii, 0]/[1]; [Sūryas. iii, 10] caradeva चरदेव cara—deva m. N. of a man, [Rājat. vii, 1554.] caragṛha चरगृह cara—gṛha n. a moving or varying sign of the zodiac, i.e. the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th, [VarBṛS. vci, 3] and [14]; [Laghuj.] caramājā चरमाजा caramā́jā f. the last or smallest she-goat, [AV. v, 18, 11.] carakhaṇḍa चरखण्ड cara—khaṇḍa n. (in astron.) the amount of the ascensional difference, [Sūryas. iii, 43]; [Gol. vii, 1.] caraṇākṣa चरणाक्ष m. (= akṣa-pāda) Gautama, [SŚaṃkar.] caraṇārdha चरणार्ध n. the half of the foot, [W.] half of the fourth of a stanza, [W.] caraṇatra चरणत्र caraṇa—tra ‘foot-saver’, a shoe, [Kuṭṭanīm.] caraṇavat चरणवत् caraṇa—vat mfn. of good conduct, [GopBr. i, 2, 5.] caramādri चरमाद्रि m. = °ma-giri, [L.] caramūrti चरमूर्ति cara—mūrti f. an idol which is carried about in procession, [W.] caramatas चरमतस् carama—tás ind. at the outermost end, [AV. xix, 15, 3]; [MaitrS. iii, 10, 1.] carapuṣṭa चरपुष्ट cara—puṣṭa m. ‘spy-nourished’, a mediator, [W.] carabhavana चरभवन cara—bhavana n. id., [ib.] caraṇāmṛta चरणामृत n. ‘foot-nectar’, the water in which the feet of a Brāhman or spiritual guide have been washed, [W.] caraṇānati चरणानति f. = °ṇa-patana, [Amar.] ([Kpr. iv, 13/14]). caraṇāyudha चरणायुध mfn. having the feet for weapons, [MBh. ix, 2669]; [R. iii, 56, 35] m. a cock, [Car. vi, 2] and [5]; [Sāh. iii, 195/196] caraṇadāsa चरणदास caraṇa—dāsa m. N. of the author of the Guru-śiṣya-saṃvāda and of the philos. poem Nāciketopākhyāna. caraṇagata चरणगत caraṇa—gata mfn. fallen at one's feet, [W.] caraṇapāta चरणपात caraṇa—pāta m. = -patana, [Pañcat. iv, 9] tread, kick, [Hariv. 13607]; [Pañcat. ii, 47/48] caraṇasevā चरणसेवा caraṇa—sevā f. ‘service on one's feet’, devotion, [W.] caraṇayuga चरणयुग caraṇa—yuga n. both feet, [W.] two lines of a stanza, [W.] caraṇodaka चरणोदक n. = °ṇāmṛta, [W.] caraṇopaga चरणोपग mfn. in contact with the feet, at the feet, [W.] caradalajā चरदलजा cara—dala—jā f. = cara-jā, [xiii, 15]. caradravya चरद्रव्य cara—dravya n. pl. ‘movables’, goods and chattels, [W.] caramācala चरमाचल m. = °ma-giri, [Prasannar. vii, 51/52]; [Hit.] caramagiri चरमगिरि carama—giri m. id., [Bhojapr. 319.] caramakāla चरमकाल carama—kāla m. the last moments, hour of death, [W.] caraṇabhaṅga चरणभङ्ग caraṇa—bhaṅga m. fracture of the foot, [Pañcat. i, 22/23] caraṇalagna चरणलग्न caraṇa—lagna mfn. = -gata, [Dhūrtas.] caraṇanyāsa चरणन्यास caraṇa—nyāsa m. footstep, [Ratnāv. i, 11] foot-mark, [Megh. 56.] caraṇapadma चरणपद्म caraṇa—padma m. n. = -kamala, [W.] caraṇapṛṣṭha चरणपृष्ठ caraṇa—pṛṣṭha m. the back of the foot, [Daś. viii, 192.] caraṇavyūha चरणव्यूह caraṇa—vyūha m. N. of a treatise on the schools of the Veda. caraṇayodhin चरणयोधिन् caraṇa—yodhin m. ‘foot-fighter’, a cock, [R. (B) iv, 58, 31.] caraśiñjinī चरशिञ्जिनी cara—śiñjinī f. = -jā, [Gol. vii, 1.] carakācārya चरकाचार्य cárakācārya m. a teacher of the Carakas, [VS. xxx, 18.] carakabhāṣya चरकभाष्य caraka—bhāṣya n. N. of another Comm. on [Car.] by Kṛṣṇa. caramāvasthā चरमावस्था f. the last state, [W.] caramavayas चरमवयस् carama—vayas mfn. (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 20]; [Pat.]) being in the last stage of life, old, [Mālatīm. vi, 2] caraṇābharaṇa चरणाभरण n. a foot-ornament, [L.] caraṇānamita चरणानमित mfn. bent under the feet, trodden down, [W.] caraṇīyamāna चरणीयमान caraṇīyámāna mf(A)n. engaged in, carrying on (with acc.), [RV. iii, 61, 3.] caraṇagranthi चरणग्रन्थि caraṇa—granthi m. ‘foot-joint’, the ancle, [ĀpŚr. vii, 2, 6], Sch. caraṇakamala चरणकमल caraṇa—kamala n. ‘foot-lotus’, a beautiful foot, [W.] caraṇaparvan चरणपर्वन् caraṇa—parvan n. = -granthi, [L.] caraṇapatana चरणपतन caraṇa—patana n. a foot-fall, [Amar.] caraṇapatita चरणपतित caraṇa—patita mfn. = -ga, [W.] caraṇopadhāna चरणोपधान n. a foot-rest, [MBh. i, 193, 10.] carakādhvaryu चरकाध्वर्यु cárakādhvaryu m. id. (generally pl.), [ŚBr. iii f.], [viii]; [BhP.] &c. carakagrantha चरकग्रन्थ caraka—grantha m. Caraka's book (on med.) carakatantra चरकतन्त्र caraka—tantra n. id. caramabhavika चरमभविक carama—bhavika mfn. being in the last earthly state, [Buddh.] caraṇāravinda चरणारविन्द n. = °ṇakamala, [W.] caraṇaśuśrūṣā चरणशुश्रूषा caraṇa—śuśrūṣā f. = -patana, [R. iii, 14, 8.] caraṇaprasāra चरणप्रसार caraṇa—prasāra m. stretching the legs, [Mn. ii, 198]; [Kull.] caramaśairṣika चरमशैर्षिक carama—śairṣika mf(I)n. having the points turned towards the west, [MBh. xiii, 462.] caramakṣmābhṛt चरमक्ष्माभृत् carama—kṣmā-bhṛt m. the western (‘earth-supporter’ or) mountain, [L.] caraṇāskandana चरणास्कन्दन n. treading down with the feet, [W.] caraṇakisalaya चरणकिसलय caraṇa—kisalaya n. id., [W.] caramavaiyākaraṇa चरमवैयाकरण carama—vaiyākaraṇa m. (the last i.e.) an ignorant grammarian, [W.] carakatantravyākhyā चरकतन्त्रव्याख्या caraka—tantra—vyākhyā f. N. of a Comm. on [Car.] by Hari-candra.