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[चारुः लोकसंमतो वाकोवाक्यं यस्य, पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Tv.]

1. Name of a sophistical philosopher (said to have been a pupil of Brihaspati), who propounded the grossest form of atheism or materialism (for a summary of the doctrines of Chārvāka; see Sarva. S.1.).
2. A follower of the philosophy of Chārvākā चार्वाकाणामिवैषां हि भयं न परलोकतः Rāj. T.4.345.
3. Name of a Rākṣasa described in the Mahābhārata, as a friend of Duryodhana and an enemy of the Pāndavas. [When Yudhiṣṭhira entered Hastināpura in triumph, he assumed the form of a Brāhmaṇa and reviled him and the assembled Brāhmaṇas, but he was soon detected, and the real Brāhmaṇas, filled with fury, are said to have killed him on the spot. He also tried to deceive Yudhiṣṭhira at the end of the great war by telling him that Bhīma was slain by Duryodhana; see Ve.6].

1. masculine gender (for that the rest of a word is to be suppliedरु-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied Equivalent to चार्वाच् sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order च्/आरु) Name of a Ra1kshasa राक्षस (friend of Duryodhana दुर्योधन, who took the shape of a mendicant Bra1hman Brahman, when Yudhisht2hira युधिष्ठिर entered Ha1stina-pura हास्तिन-पुर in triumph, and reviled him, but was soon detected and killed by the real Bra1hmans Brahmans) MBh. i, 349; ix, 3619; xii, 1414
2. masculine gender Name of a materialistic philosopher (whose doctrines are embodied in the Ba1rhaspatya बार्हस्पत्य - su1tras सूत्र s) Veda7ntas. S3i1l. Ra1jat. iv, 345 Prab. Madhus.
3. masculine gender a follower of Ca1rva1ka चार्वाक Sarvad.
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective composed by Ca1rva1ka चार्वाक Prab. ii, 18/19 Scholiast or Commentator