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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चरcaraa.(-री f.) [चर्-अच्]
    1. (-री Feminine) चर्-अच्
    2. Moving, going, walking, grazing etc.; धर्मारण्यचरेषु प्राणिषु Ś.5.9.
    3. Following, practising (at the end of comp.).
    4. Trembling, shaking.
    5. Movable; see चराचर below; Ms.3.21; Bg. 13.15.
    6. Animate; Ms.5.29;7.15.
    7. (Used as an affix) formerly, late; आढ्यचर 'one who was formerly rich' so देवदत्तचर, अध्यापकचर late teacher etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः

      1. A spy.
      2. A wagtail.
      3. A game played with dice and men.
      4. A cowrie.
      5. The planet Mars.
      6. (Hence) Tuesday.
      7. The seventh Karaṇa in astrology.
      8. The Karaṇas taken collectively.
      9. The difference of time between two meridians.
      10. The first, fourth, seventh, and tenth signs of the zodiac.
      11. The wind; क्वाहं तमो- महदहंखचराग्निवार्भूसंवेष्टिताण्डघटसप्तवितस्तिकायः Bhāg.1.14.11.
    • -अचर

      1. Adjective
      2. movable and immovable; चरा- चराणां भूतानां कुक्षिराधारतां गतः Ku.6.67;2.5; Bg.11.43.
      3. wished, desired.
      4. shaking, trembling.
    • -रम्

      1. the aggregate of all created things, the world; Ms.1.57, 63;3.75; Bg.11.7;9.1.
      2. the sky, the atmosphere.
      3. heaven. (-री) a young woman.
    • -गृहम् the zodiacs of मेष, कर्क, तुला and मकर.

    • -द्रव्यम् movables, goods and chattels.

    • -पुष्टः a mediator.

    • -भम्, -भवनम् a varying sign of the zodiac; id est, that is the first, fourth, seventh and tenth.

    • -मूर्तिः Feminine an idol which is carried about in procession.

    In the Gita13·16

    बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च ।

    bahirantaśca bhūtānāmacaraṁ carameva ca, — That which is in us is he and all that we experience outside ourselves is he. The inward and the outward, the far and the near, the moving and… 13·16
    • चरम्caramnominative singular of the neuter form of the adjective cara (the moving).
  2. अगोचरagocaraa.Imperceptible by the senses, not obvious, See गोचर; वाचामगोचरां हर्षावस्थामस्पृशत् Dk.169, beyond the power of…

    Imperceptible by the senses, not obvious, See गोचर; वाचामगोचरां हर्षावस्थामस्पृशत् Dk.169, beyond the power of words, indescribable.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रम

      1. Anything beyond the cognizance of the senses.
      2. Not being seen or observed, or known; कथं देवपादानामगोचरेणैवं क्रियते H.2; without the knowledge of; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedतां गतान् Pt.2.
      3. Brahma; अगोचरे वागिव चोपरेमे Ki.17.11.
  3. अगोचरेणagocareṇaind.Imperceptibly.

    Imperceptibly.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. चरcara[kar-a] a. movable, moving; n. animal (opp. plant); --˚, going, wandering, walking; acting, living…

    [kar-a] adjective movable, moving; neuter animal (opposite plant); --˚, going, wandering, walking; acting, living; practising; masculine spy; â, feminine; also equal for life.

  2. अकालचर्याakālacaryā[akâla-karyâ] f. untimely action.

    [akâla-karyâ] feminine; also equal for untimely action.

  3. अगोचरagocara[a-go-kara] m. what is beyond reach: in. behind the back of (g.); a. beyond the ken of (g., --˚): vâkâm --…

    [a-go-kara] masculine what is beyond reach: instrumental behind the back of (genitive); adjective beyond the ken of (genitive, --˚): vâkâm --, indescribable.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चरcaramfn. (g. पचा*दि) moving, locomotive (as animals opposed to plants, or as the Karan2as करण s in astrol.)…
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (gaRa पचा*दि) moving, locomotive (as animals opposed to plants, or as the Karan2as करण s in astrology) VPra1t. S3vetUp. iii, 18 Mn. vii, 15 MBh. etc.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Equivalent to संचारिन्) forming the retinue of any one BhP. iv, 29, 23
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective movable, shaking, unsteady W.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' going, walking, wandering, being, living, practising (exempli gratia, 'for example' अधश्-, अन्त-, अन्तरिक्ष-, अप्-, आदाय-, उदके-, etc.; confer, compare Pa1n2. 3-2, 16)
    5. mf(ई)neuter gender in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' (Pa1n2. 5-3, 53 feminine; vi, 3, 35 feminine) having been formerly (exempli gratia, 'for example' आढ्य-, देवदत्त-, qq. vv.; अ-दृष्ट- or नदृष्ट-, "not seen before" Katha1s. [once feminine irregular आ, lx, 58] Sarvad. iii, 16; vii, 19; अन्-आलोकित- the same Ba1lar. iv, 54/55)
    6. masculine gender a spy, secret emissary or agent Mn. vii, 122 Hariv. 10316 R. etc.
    7. masculine gender Equivalent to चरट Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender the small shell Cypraea moneta Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender the wind, air BhP. x, 14, 11
    10. masculine gender the planet Mars Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender a game played with dice (similar to backgammon) Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender a cowrie W.
    13. masculine gender "passage" see अ-, दुश्-
    14. neuter gender (in astronomy) ascensional difference Gol. vii
    15. neuter gender (in music) Name of a Mu1rchana1 मूर्छना
    16. neuter gender Equivalent to दिगम्बरप्रसिद्धा gaRa गौरा*दि
    17. neuter gender also in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' see अनु- and सहचरी .
    18. (in astronomy, read, "the difference of time between the rising of a heavenly body at Lan3ka1 लङ्का or Ceylon, over which the first meridian passes, and that of its rising at any particular place").
  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 .
  3. अगोचरagocaramfn. not within range, unattainable, inaccessible (cf. द्रिष्ट्य्-अगोचर), imperceptible by the senses
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not within range, unattainable, inaccessible (confer, compare द्रिष्ट्य्-अगोचर), imperceptible by the senses
    2. neuter gender anything that is beyond the cognizance of the senses
    3. neuter gender Brahma ब्रह्म
    4. neuter gender the not being seen, absence
    5. insett masculine gender after "Brahma"
  4. अगोचरीकृagocarīkṛ(P. - करोति), to make unfit to collect alms in, Divya7v.

    (Parasmaipada - करोति), to make unfit to collect alms in, Divya7v.