Cara, Cāra: 31 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCara (चर):—(von car)
1) adj. f. ī gaṇa pacādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 134.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 30.] a) beweglich; subst. das Bewegliche (das Thier im Gegens. zur Pflanze) [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 23. 3, 6, 5, 1.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1454.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 415] ( = jaṅgama und cala). [Medinīkoṣa r. 30] (= trasa und cala). [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 6, 28.] [Mahābhārata 5, 1786.] sainikā yavanāścarāḥ ([BURNOUF]: les Y. qui forment son armée et sa suite, also = sahacara) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 29, 23.] lokasya sthāvarasya carasya ca [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 3, 18.] bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 15.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1859. 13, 3760.] [Sânkhya Philosophy 24, 45.] carasthirāṇi [Suśruta 2, 187, 20.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 31, 16. 32, 12. 6, 16, 43.] jagatsarvaṃ caraṃ sthāṇu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 201.] Gegens. dhruva [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 5, 26.] carāṇāmannamacarāḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 29.] [Mahābhārata 5, 3670. 7, 2607. 13, 3708.] [Bhagavadgītā 13, 15.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 18, 24.] — b) am Ende eines comp. α) gehend, wandelnd, sich aufhaltend, lebend (an einem best. Orte, in einer best. Richtung, zu einer best. Zeit, in einer best. Weise), nachgehend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 16.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 46.] antarikṣacarāḥ (hayāḥ) [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 9, 10.] prāṇiṣu dharmāraṇyacareṣu [Śākuntala 106.] pradakṣiṇacarā grahāḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 21, 17.] pratilomamaṇḍala [45, 17.] Vgl. adhaścara, anta, ap, ādāya, udake, upari, eka, kāma, kṣapā, kṣamā, kṣudraṃ, kha, khe, gagana, gagaṇe, giri, goṣu, jala, jale, divā, dūra, naktaṃ, niśā, pāra, bhū, rajani, rajanī, vana, vane, saha, senā . — β) übend, vollziehend: vakavrata [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 196.] — γ) parox. (als Suffix betrachtet) = bhūtapūrva früher gewesen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 53. 54. 6, 3, 35.] āḍhya, f. ī der früher reich gewesen ist, devadatta früher im Besitz des D. gewesen [Scholiast] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 66.] — δ) acara nicht gehbar, nicht wandelbar: sarvaprāṇyacare pathi [Harivaṃśa 12302.] —
2) m. a) Späher, Kundschafter (vgl. cāra) [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 13. 3, 4, 18, 102.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 733.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 122.] ābhyantarāśca bāhyāśca vyādiśyantāṃ carā nṛpa [Harivaṃśa 10316.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 1, 7. 5, 29, 26. 41, 10. 6, 1, 20. 29.] [Hitopadeśa 92, 22.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 10. 16, 36.] — b) Bachstelze [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) eine best. kleine Muschel, Cypraea moneta (s. kaparda) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) eine Art Würfelspiel [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) der Planet Mars [Medinīkoṣa] — Die 6te (the seventh Karana) und 7te (the Karanas collectively) Bed. bei [WILSON] ist wohl daraus zu erklären, dass 7 Karaṇa (s. u. 2. karaṇa [2,Manu’s Gesetzbuch]) adhruva oder cara d. i. beweglich genannt werden. —
3) f. carī eine junge Frau [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 511.]
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Cāra (चार):—(von 1. car)
1) m. a) = cara Späher, Kundschafter [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 13.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 348.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 734.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 417.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 33.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 184. 9, 261. 266. 298. 306.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5604.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 7, 10. 17. 3, 37, 7. 9. 10. 5, 29, 4. 79, 5.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 144, 10.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 3, 72. 6, 154.] puruṣa [Harivaṃśa 10102.] — b) Gang, Bewegung, Lauf [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Suśruta 2, 61, 12.] (vihaṃgaḥ) maṇḍalaśīghracāraḥ [Vikramorvaśī 140.] nivṛttacāraḥ sahasā gato raviḥ pravṛttacārā rajanī hyupasthitā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 66, 23.] yathākāma [Chāndogyopaniṣad 7, 1, 5.] kuṭila [Pañcatantra 247, 11.] pāda [Meghadūta 61.] Von den Bewegungen, dem Laufe der Gestirne [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 22, 12.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 4. 6, 12. 11, 1. 12, 2. 13, 2. 46, 1 u.s.w.] — c) das Verfahren, s. kāmacāra . — d) das Betreiben: bāṇijya [Mahābhārata 5, 1410.] — e) Fessel [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 14.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Gefängniss [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 806.] — f) Buchanania latifolia Roxb. (piyāla) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) n. ein künstlich zubereitetes Gift [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1314, v. l.] für vāra .
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Cara (चर):—
1) a) karaṇa im Gegens. zu dhruva [Sūryasiddhānta 2, 68.] karman im Gegens. zu dhruvakarman [WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 385. Z. 4] carāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 29, 23] erklärt der [Scholiast] durch saṃcāriṇaḥ . — b) γ) na sa dṛṣṭacaro mayā bis jetzt nicht gesehen [Kathāsaritsāgara 65, 161.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 81, 19.] a [101, 14.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 147.] dṛṣṭacarī [108, 153.] adṛṣṭacarā [60, 58.] adṛṣṭacaratva [SARVADARŚANAS. 25, 19.] —
2) f) Wind, Luft [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 14, 11.] — g) nom. act. in duścara . —
4) f. carā Beweglichkeit, Lebendigkeit: uṣā.viśvaṃ jī.aṃ prasu.antī ca.āyai [Ṛgveda 7, 77, 1.] —
5) n. Ascensionaldifferenz [GOLĀDHY. 7, 3. 18] [?(Comm.). 20.]
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Cāra (चार):—
3) f. ī Bez. eines best. Pas (beim Tanze): ekapādapracāro yaḥ sā cārī tu nigadyate . pādayoścāraṇaṃ yacca sā cārīti nigadyate .. [SAM̃GĪTADĀM. im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCara (चर):——
1) Adj. — a) beweglich ; Subst. das Bewegliche d.i. das Thier (im Gegensatz zur Pflanze). — b) sich in Jmds Gefolge befindend. — c) am Ende eines Comp. — α) gehend , wandelnd , sich hinbewegend , — aufhaltend , lebend (an einem best. Orte , in einer best. Richtung , zu einer best. Zeit , in einer best. Weise). — β) übend , vollziehend. — γ) früher gewesen. anālokita früher nicht geschaut [Bālarāmāyaṇa 107,3.] śikṣita [140,21.] aśruta [188,3.] f. ī und ā (?). —
2) m. — a) Späher , Kundschafter. — b) *Bachstelze. — c) *Otterköpfchen. — d) Wind , Luft. — e) *der Planet Mars. — f) eine Art Würfelspiel. — g) Nom. act. in a ungangbar und in duścara. —
3) f. carā — a) Beweglichkeit , Lebendigkeit. — b) eine best. Mūrchanā [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 30.] —
4) *f. ī eine junge Frau. —
5) n. Ascensionaldifferenz.
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Cāra (चार):——
1) m. — a) Späher , Kundschafter. — b) Gang , Bewegung , Lauf (der Gestirne). — c) Verfahren , Benehmen. — d) das Betreiben. — e) *Fessel. — f) *Gefängniss. — g) Buchanania latifolia [Rājan 11,65.] [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,245.] —
2) f. ī — a) körperliche Bewegung , Schwenkung [Bālarāmāyaṇa 217,12] (wenn cārīsu verbunden wird). — b) ein best. Pas beim Tanze. —
3) *n. ein künstlich zubereitetes Gift.
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