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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चमरcamaraA kind of deer.

    [चम्-अरच् Uṇ.3.31]

    A kind of deer.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः, -रम् A chowrie most usually made of the tail of Chamara.

    • -री

      1. A shoot, sprout (मञ्जरी).
      2. The female Chamara; यस्यार्थयुक्तं गिरिराजशब्दं कुर्वन्ति बालव्यजने- श्चमर्यः Ku.1.13,48; Śi.4.6; Me.53; केशेषु चमरीं हन्ति सीम्नि पुष्करको हतः Udb.; Compare चमरं चामरे स्त्री तु मञ्जरीमृग- भेदयोः Medinī.
    • -पुच्छम् the tail of Chamara used as a fan. (-च्छः) a squirrel.

  2. चमरिकcamarikaThe Kovidāra tree.

    The Kovidāra tree.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. चमरcamara[kam-ara] m. (î, f.) yak (bos grunniens); m. n. yak's tail, used as a fly whisk, one of the insignia of…

    [kam-ara] masculine (î, feminine; also equal for) yak (bos grunniens); masculine neuter yak's tail, used as a fly whisk, one of the insignia of royalty: -vâla, masculine noun of a prince.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चमरcamaram. a kind of ox called the Yak (Bos grunniens) MBh. R. &c.
    1. masculine gender a kind of ox called the Yak (Bos grunniens) MBh. R. etc.
    2. mn. the bushy tail of the Yak (employed as chowrie or long brush for whisking off insects, flies, etc. Page388,3; one of the insignia of royalty; confer, compare चाम्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) MBh. ii, xii Bhartr2. Katha1s. lix, 42
    3. mn. a particular high number Buddh.
    4. masculine gender Name of a Daitya दैत्य Lexicographers
  2. चमरकcamarakam. a bee Gal.

    masculine gender a bee Gal.

  3. चमरपुच्छcamarapucchan. a Yak's tail W.
    1. neuter gender a Yak's tail W.
    2. masculine gender "having a bushy tail", the Indian fox Lexicographers
  4. चमरवालcamaravālam. "having hair as fine as that of a Camara चमर tail", N. of a prince Katha1s. liv, 144 ff.

    masculine gender "having hair as fine as that of a Camara चमर tail", Name of a prince Katha1s. liv, 144 ff.

  5. चमराकृतिcamarākṛtim. "resembling the Yak", a kind of animal (= सृमर) Gal.

    masculine gender "resembling the Yak", a kind of animal (Equivalent to सृमर) Gal.

  6. चमरिकcamarikam. "growing in clusters resembling a chowrie", Bauhinia variegata Bhpr. v, 3, 102.

    masculine gender "growing in clusters resembling a chowrie", Bauhinia variegata Bhpr. v, 3, 102.

  7. चमरीcamarīf. the Bos grunniens MBh. &c.
    1. feminine the Bos grunniens MBh. etc.
    2. feminine a compound pedicle Lexicographers