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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चरणcaraṇaणम् [ṇam], णम् [चर्-करणे ल्युट्]
    1. णम् ṇam, णम् चर्-करणे ल्युट्
    2. A foot; शिरसि चरण एष न्यस्यते वारयैनम् Ve.3.38; जात्या काममवध्योऽसि चरणं त्विदमुद्धृतम् 39.
    3. A support, pillar, prop.
    4. The root of a tree.
    5. The single line of a stanza.
    6. A quarter.
    7. A school or branch of any of the Vedas;Exempli gratia, for example चरणगुरवः Mv.1; Māl.1; Pt.4.3.
    8. A race.
    9. (In prosody) A dactyl.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -णः

      1. A foot-soldier.
      2. A ray of light.

    • -णम्

      1. Moving, roaming, wandering.
      2. Performance, practising; Ms.6.75.
      3. Conduct of life, behaviour (moral).
      4. Accomplishment.
      5. Eating, consuming.
      6. Course.
      7. Acting, dealing, managing, conduct.
      8. Fixed observance of any class, age (as priesthood etc.);
      9. studying under strict rules of ब्रह्मचर्य; विशुद्धवीर्याश्चरणोपपन्नाः Mb.5.3.7.

    • -अचलः The setting mountain; यातोऽस्तमेष चरमाचलचूड- चुम्बी Murāri.

    • -अमृतम्, -उदकम् water in which the feet of a (revered) Brāhmaṇa or spiritual guide have been washed.

    • -अरविन्दम्, -कमलम्, -पद्मम् a lotuslike foot.

    • -आयुधः a cock; आकर्ण्य संप्रति रुतं चरणायुधानाम् S. D.

    • -आस्कन्दनम् trampling, treading under foot.

    • -उपधानम् A foot-rest; कृष्णा च तेषां चरणोपधाने Mb. 1.193.1.

    • -गत Adjective fallen at the feet, prostrate.

    • -ग्रन्थिः Masculine, -पर्वन् Neuter the ankle.

    • -न्यासः a footstep.

    • -पः a tree.

    • -पतनम् falling down or prostration (at the feet of another); Amaru.17.

    • -पतित Adjective prostrate at the feet; Me.15.

    • -पातः

      1. tread, trampling.
      2. footfall.
      3. prostration.

    • -योधिन् Masculine (Equivalent to -आयुधः) विहिता वृक्षमूले तु वृत्तिश्चरणयोधिनाम् Rām.4.58.31.

    • -व्यूहः

      1. A book dealing with the śākhās of the vedas. शुश्रूषा, सेवा prostration.
      2. service, devotion.
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  2. अतिचरणम्aticaraṇamExcessive practice, overdoing.

    Excessive practice, overdoing.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. चरणcaraṇa[kár-ana] m. n. foot; Vedic school; n. wandering; course; procedure; ritual ob servance; (good) conduct…

    [kár-ana] masculine neuter foot; Vedic school; neuter wandering; course; procedure; ritual ob servance; (good) conduct; practice, perform ance.

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  2. अधश्चरणावपातadhaścaraṇāvapāta[adhas-karana ͜ avapâta] m. prostration at the feet of any one.

    [adhas-karana ͜ avapâta] masculine prostration at the feet of any one.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चरणcaraṇamn. (g. अर्धर्चा*दि) a foot Gobh. Mn. ix, 277 Ba1dar. MBh. &c. (ifc. f(आ). Hariv. 3914 Ma1lav.)
    1. mn. (gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि) a foot Gobh. Mn. ix, 277 Ba1dar. MBh. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ). Hariv. 3914 Ma1lav.)
    2. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' plural) "the feet of", the venerable (Name Name) MBh. xii, 174, 24 Scholiast or Commentator
    3. masculine gender a pillar, support Hariv. 4643
    4. masculine gender the root (of a tree) Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender a Pa1da पाद or line of a stanza, S3rut.
    6. masculine gender a dactyl
    7. masculine gender a 4th part (pa1da पाद) VarBr2. Li1l.
    8. masculine gender a section, subdivision Bhpr. Sarvad. (चतुश्- quod vide)
    9. masculine gender a school or branch of the Veda वेद Nir. i, 17 Pa1n2. MBh. xii, xiii Pan5cat. iv, 3
    10. neuter gender going round or about, motion, course fg-veda iii, 5, 5; ix, 113, 9; x, 136, 6 and 139, 6 S3Br. ii, x Sa1h.
    11. neuter gender acting, dealing, managing, (liturgical) performance, observance AV. vii, 106, 1 S3Br. S3a1n3khS3r. Ka1tyS3r. VP. iii, 5, 13
    12. neuter gender behaviour, conduct of life Ka1tyS3r. ChUp. v, 10
    13. neuter gender good or moral conduct Kaus3. 67 MBh. xiii, 3044 Lalit.
    14. neuter gender practising (generally in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' confer, compare तपश्- [तपसश् च्that the rest of a word is to be supplied Mn. vi, 75], भिक्षा-, भैक्ष-) Gobh. iii, 1, 12 Nal.
    15. neuter gender grazing W.
    16. neuter gender consuming, eating Lexicographers
    17. neuter gender a particular high number Buddh. Lexicographers (confer, compare द्वि-, पुरश्-, रथ-).
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  2. अक्षचरणakṣacaraṇa&c. see col. 3.
    1. etc. see column 3.
    2. masculine gender (probably) "having his eyes fixed in abstraction on his feet", Name of the philosopher Gautama गौतम
    3. masculine gender confer, compare आक्षपाद .
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  3. अचरणacaraṇan. improper conduct, S3Br.
    1. neuter gender improper conduct, S3Br.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender
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  4. अचरणीयacaraṇīyamfn. (prob.) not to be associated with, Gobh.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (probably) not to be associated with, Gobh.

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  5. अतिचरणaticaraṇan. excessive practice.
    1. neuter gender excessive practice.
    2. see page and participle 12, column 2 .
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  6. अधर्मचरणadharmacaraṇan. (Gaut.), practice of wickedness, injustice

    neuter gender (Gaut.), practice of wickedness, injustice

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