चरcaraa.(-री f.) [चर्-अच्]
- (-री Feminine) चर्-अच्
- Moving, going, walking, grazing etc.; धर्मारण्यचरेषु प्राणिषु Ś.5.9.
- Following, practising (at the end of comp.).
- Trembling, shaking.
- Movable; see चराचर below; Ms.3.21; Bg. 13.15.
- Animate; Ms.5.29;7.15.
- (Used as an affix) formerly, late; आढ्यचर 'one who was formerly rich' so देवदत्तचर, अध्यापकचर late teacher etc.
Derived forms and compounds
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-रः
- A spy.
- A wagtail.
- A game played with dice and men.
- A cowrie.
- The planet Mars.
- (Hence) Tuesday.
- The seventh Karaṇa in astrology.
- The Karaṇas taken collectively.
- The difference of time between two meridians.
- The first, fourth, seventh, and tenth signs of the zodiac.
- The wind; क्वाहं तमो- महदहंखचराग्निवार्भूसंवेष्टिताण्डघटसप्तवितस्तिकायः Bhāg.1.14.11.
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-अचर
- Adjective
- movable and immovable; चरा- चराणां भूतानां कुक्षिराधारतां गतः Ku.6.67;2.5; Bg.11.43.
- wished, desired.
- shaking, trembling.
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-रम्
- the aggregate of all created things, the world; Ms.1.57, 63;3.75; Bg.11.7;9.1.
- the sky, the atmosphere.
- heaven. (-री) a young woman.
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-गृहम् the zodiacs of मेष, कर्क, तुला and मकर.
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-द्रव्यम् movables, goods and chattels.
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-पुष्टः a mediator.
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-भम्, -भवनम् a varying sign of the zodiac; id est, that is the first, fourth, seventh and tenth.
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-मूर्तिः Feminine an idol which is carried about in procession.
Source: Apte