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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for चरक

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चरकcaraka1 A spy.
    1. 1 A spy.
    2. A wandering mendicant, a vagrant.
    3. Name of a sage and physician supposed to be serpent-king Śeṣa come to the earth. [He composed a new book on medicine, based on other works of Agniveśa and other pupils of Ātreya].
    4. Name of a lexicographer Masculine (Plural); Compare ParasmaipadaIV.3.17.
    5. Name of a branch of the black Yajurveda.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चरकcarakam. a wanderer, wandering religious student S3Br. xiv Pa1n2. 5-1, 11 Lalit. i, 28
    1. masculine gender a wanderer, wandering religious student S3Br. xiv Pa1n2. 5-1, 11 Lalit. i, 28
    2. masculine gender a spy Naish. iv, 116
    3. masculine gender a kind of ascetic VarBr2. xv, 1
    4. masculine gender a kind of medicinal plant Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Name of a Muni मुनि and physician (the Serpent-king S3esha शेष, who was the recipient of the A1yur-veda आयुर्-वेद; once on visiting the earth and finding it full of sickness he became moved with pity and determined to become incarnate as the son of a Muni मुनि for alleviating disease; he was called Caraka चरक because he had visited the earth as a kind of spy or चर; he then composed a new book on medicine, based on older works of Agni-ves3a अग्नि-वेश and other pupils of A1treya आत्रेय Bhpr.)
    6. masculine gender Name of a lexicographer
    7. masculine gender plural (confer, compare Pa1n2. 4-3, 107) Name of a branch of the black Yajur-veda यजुर्-वेद (the practises and rites-enjoined by which are different in some respects from those in S3Br.) S3Br. iv La1t2y. v, 4, 20 Scholiast or Commentator on VS. and S3Br. Va1yuP. i, 61, 10
    8. masculine gender Name of an evil spirit VarBr2S. liii, 83 AgP. xl, 18.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. चरकcaraka[kára-ka] m. wanderer; wandering Brâhman pupil; spy; N. of an ancient phy sician: pl. N. of a school of the…

    [kára-ka] masculine wanderer; wandering Brâhman pupil; spy; noun of an ancient phy sician: plural noun of a school of the black Yagur veda: - ͜ adhvaryu, masculine priest of the Karakas.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · चरक

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