| carita | चरित | mfn. gone, gone to, attained, [W.] |
| ‘practised’, in comp. |
| espied, ascertained (by a spy, cara), [R. vi, 6, 16] and [7, 21] |
| caritá (ám), n. going, moving, course, [AV. iii, 15, 4]; [ix, 1, 3]; [Gobh. iii]; [Suśr.] |
| motion (of asterisms), [Sūryas.] |
| acting, doing, practice, behaviour, acts, deeds, adventures, [RV. i, 90, 2]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [VarBṛS.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Gīt. ix, 1]) |
| fixed institute, proper or peculiar observance, [W.] (cf. uttara-rāma-, dúś-, sac-, saha-, su-). |
| &c. See [ib.] |
| caritavya | चरितव्य | mfn. (= cart°) to be practised or performed, [Mn. xi, 54]; [MBh. i, 7259]; [Kathās. lxxii, 101] |
| n. impers. with upāṃśu vācā, ‘he is to continue speaking low’, [AitBr. i, 27, 4.] |
| caritamaya | चरितमय | carita—maya mf(I)n. ifc. containing or relating deeds or adventures of [Kathās. viii, 35.] |
| caritapūrva | चरितपूर्व | carita—pūrva mfn. performed formerly, [Śak. iv, 21.] |
| caritavrata | चरितव्रत | carita—vrata mfn. one who has observed a vow, [ĀśvGṛ. i, 8, 12]; [R. i, 3, 1.] |
| caritaguṇatva | चरितगुणत्व | carita—guṇa-tva n. attainment of peculiar property or use (sārthaka-tva, Sch.), [Kir. vii, 2.] |