Bahishcara, Bahiścara, Bahis-cara, Bahikcara: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bahiścara can be transliterated into English as Bahiscara or Bahishcara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Bahishchara.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBahiścara (बहिश्चर):—[(bahis + cara)]
1) adj. draussen sich tummelnd, auswärtig, die Angelegenheiten ausser dem Hause besorgend: tathā ca taṃ tatra na jajñire janā vahiścarā vāpyatha vāntarecarāḥ [Mahābhārata 4, 311.] atha vai dhārtarāṣṭreṇa prayuktā ye vahiścarāḥ so v. a. auswärtige Späher (cara) [865. 12, 3710.] te syū rājñāṃ vahiścarāḥ [4340.] prāṇa. hṛdaya der (das) nach aussen getretene Athem, - Herz so v. a. das Abbild des eigenen Athems, - Herzens, lieb wie der eigene Athem, wie das eigene Herz: eṣa kaṃsasya sahajaḥ prāṇastāta vahiścaraḥ [Harivaṃśa 4294.] rāmasya dakṣiṇo vāhurnityaṃ prāṇo raḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 38, 13. 6, 4, 26.] dīnārān prāṇāniva rān [Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 156.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 23, 84.] sārthavāhasyārthapatervimardako rāḥ prāṇāḥ [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 192, 2.] raṃ hṛdayaṃ pāṇḍavānām [Duaupadīpramātha 6, 15.] Vgl. 1. bahiṣprāṇa . —
2) m. Krebs (aus seiner Schale herauskriechend) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1352]; vgl. bahiṣkuṭīcara .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBahiścara (बहिश्चर):——
1) draussen — , auswärts sich tummelnd , — sich zeigend. In Verbindung mit prāṇa m. Sg. und Pl. und mit hṛdaya n. so v.a. das Abbild des eigenen Lebensathems , — Lebens , — Herzens , so lieb wie diese. —
2) m. — a) ein auswärtiger Späher. — b) *Krebs.
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