Caracara, Cara-acara, Carācara: 16 definitions
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Caracara has 15 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Charachara.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCarācara (चराचर):—
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Carācara (चराचर):—2. (cara + acara) adj. beweglich und unbeweglich, subst. Bewegliches und Unbewegliches (Thiere und Pflanzen): bhūtaṃ carācaram [Bhagavadgītā 10, 39.] jagaccedaṃ carācaram [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 15, 8.] sarve bhāvāścarācarāḥ [43, 44.] loka [Bhagavadgītā 11, 43.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 6, 5.] idaṃ sarvaṃ carācaram [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 57. 63. 3, 75.] asmiṃścarācare so v. a. in dieser Welt [5, 44.] brahmā carācaragururyasyedaṃ sakalaṃ jagat [Mahābhārata 3, 497.] carācaraukas [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 8, 30.] lokaṃ ca sacarācaram [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 29. 11, 236.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 128. 145.] [Bhagavadgītā 9, 10. 11, 7.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 65, 11. 3, 58, 16. 72, 27. 4, 32, 19. 6, 81, 22.] adj. = iṣṭa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 252.] n. = viṣṭapa, jagat ebend. und [Medinīkoṣa Rāmāyaṇa 262.] = ākāśa [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCarācara (चराचर):—1. —
1) Adj. beweglich , laufend oder hinundher führend. —
2) *n. Otterköpfchen [Rājan 13,128.]
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Carācara (चराचर):—2. Adj. beweglich und unbeweglich ; Subst. Bewegliches und Unbewegliches , Thiere und Pflanzen , die ganze Welt. asmiṃścarācare so v.a. in dieser Welt.
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Starts with: Caracaraguru, Caracarahata, Caracarana, Caracaranem, Caracarapati.
Ends with: Sacaracara, Shanaishcaracara.
Full-text: Caracaranem, Caracaraguru, Charachar, Caraccara, Sacaracara, Vadavada, Natanem, Cara Sutta, Caratha, Mahamaha, Cari, Carita, Cara, Caritra, Aja, A, Acara.
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