चर् _car

चर् 1 P. (चरति, चचार, अचारीत्, चरितुम्, चरित or some- times चीर्ण)

1 To walk, move, go about, roam, wander; नष्टाशङ्का हरिणशिशवो मन्दमन्दं चरन्ति Ś.1.15 (चर् may mean here 'to graze' also); इन्द्रियाणां हि चरताम् Bg.2.67; कपय- श्चेरुरार्तस्य रामस्येव मनोरथाः R.12.59; Ms.2.23,6.68; 8.236;9.36;1.55.

-2 (a) To perform, do, act; रचयति रेखाः सलिले यस्तु खले चरति सत्कारम् Bv.1.98. (b) To practise, perform, observe; चरतः किल दुश्चरं तपः R.8.79; Y.1.6; Ms.3.3.

-3 To act, behave towards, con- duct oneself (oft. with loc. of the person); चरतीनां च कामतः Ms.5.9;9.287; आत्मवत्सर्वभूतेषु यश्चरेत् Mb; तस्यां त्वं साधु नाचरः R.1.76 (where the root may be also आचर्).

-4 To graze; सुचिरं हि चरन् शस्यम् H.3.9.

-5 To eat, consume.

-6 To be engaged in, be busy with.

-7 To live, continue to be, continue in any state.

-8 To spread, be diffused.

-9 To live, be, exist.

-1 To move, travel through, pervade, go along, follow. -Caus. (चार- यति)

1 To cause to move or go.

-2 To send, direct, move.

-3 To drive away.

-4 To cause to perform or practise.

-5 To cause to copulate.

-6 To cause to graze, pasture.

-7 To obtain knowledge of, acquaint oneself with.

-8 To doubt. [cf. L. curro.]