चरणcaraṇaणम् [ṇam], णम् [चर्-करणे ल्युट्]
- णम् ṇam, णम् चर्-करणे ल्युट्
- A foot; शिरसि चरण एष न्यस्यते वारयैनम् Ve.3.38; जात्या काममवध्योऽसि चरणं त्विदमुद्धृतम् 39.
- A support, pillar, prop.
- The root of a tree.
- The single line of a stanza.
- A quarter.
- A school or branch of any of the Vedas;Exempli gratia, for example चरणगुरवः Mv.1; Māl.1; Pt.4.3.
- A race.
- (In prosody) A dactyl.
Derived forms and compounds
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-णः
- A foot-soldier.
- A ray of light. शुश्रूषा, सेवा prostration.
- service, devotion.
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-पातः
- tread, trampling.
- footfall.
- prostration.
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-योधिन् Masculine (Equivalent to -आयुधः) विहिता वृक्षमूले तु वृत्तिश्चरणयोधिनाम् Rām.4.58.31.
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-व्यूहः A book dealing with the śākhās of the vedas.
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-णम्
- Moving, roaming, wandering.
- Performance, practising; Ms.6.75.
- Conduct of life, behaviour (moral).
- Accomplishment.
- Eating, consuming.
- Course.
- Acting, dealing, managing, conduct.
- Fixed observance of any class, age (as priesthood etc.);
- studying under strict rules of ब्रह्मचर्य; विशुद्धवीर्याश्चरणोपपन्नाः Mb.5.3.7.
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-अचलः The setting mountain; यातोऽस्तमेष चरमाचलचूड- चुम्बी Murāri.
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-अमृतम्, -उदकम् water in which the feet of a (revered) Brāhmaṇa or spiritual guide have been washed.
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-अरविन्दम्, -कमलम्, -पद्मम् a lotuslike foot.
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-आयुधः a cock; आकर्ण्य संप्रति रुतं चरणायुधानाम् S. D.
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-आस्कन्दनम् trampling, treading under foot.
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-उपधानम् A foot-rest; कृष्णा च तेषां चरणोपधाने Mb. 1.193.1.
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-गत Adjective fallen at the feet, prostrate.
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-ग्रन्थिः Masculine, -पर्वन् Neuter the ankle.
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-न्यासः a footstep.
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-पः a tree.
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-पतनम् falling down or prostration (at the feet of another); Amaru.17.
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-पतित Adjective prostrate at the feet; Me.15.
