चारुcāru

चारु (cāru) is a Sanskrit word meaning agreeable, beloved, dear, pleasing, lovely, beautiful, agreeably, beautifully, in music, a particular vasaka, an epithet of Brihaspati. Its 35 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Adjective: Beautiful, Pleasing, Dear, Noun/Proper Name: A Beautiful Woman / Specific Types of Women, Noun: Saffron.

Roots
2. चन् (2. can), चन् (can)
Etymology
E. चर to go, Uṇādi affix ञुण्
Definitions
35
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Meanings by context

Adjective: Beautiful, Pleasing, Dear

14 definitions
agreeable, beloved, dear

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

pleasing, lovely, beautiful

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Agreeable, welcome, beloved, or dear

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pleasing, lovely, beautiful, elegant, or pretty

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

having beautiful eyes

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agreeable, welcome, pleasing, dear, fair, lovely

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Beautiful or elegant. 2. A name of Vrihaspati, regent of Jupiter and preceptor of the gods.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Beautiful, elegant. 2. Brihaspati.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Agreeable, welcome, or dear. 2. Lovely, beautiful, or elegant.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Agreeable, dear, or welcome. 2. Beautiful or elegant. 3. Vrihaspati, regent of Jupiter and preceptor of the gods.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Agreeable. 2. Beautiful.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

pleasant, lovely, beautiful, dear

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Gladsome or pleasant. 2. Dear. 3. Fair.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Agreeable, welcome, approved, esteemed, beloved, dear, pleasing, lovely, beautiful, pretty, elegant. 2. An epithet of Brihaspati. 3. A beautiful woman. 4. Splendor. 5. Moonlight. 6. Intelligence. 7. Saffron.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Noun/Proper Name: A Beautiful Woman / Specific Types of Women

3 definitions
a beautiful woman

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a beautifully formed woman

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a woman with lovely eyes

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Noun: Saffron

3 definitions
saffron

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Saffron

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saffron

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Proper Name/Epithet: Bṛhaspati

3 definitions
an epithet of Brihaspati

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An epithet of Brihaspati

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Brihaspati

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adverb: Beautifully, Agreeably

2 definitions
agreeably

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

beautifully

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Name: Son of Kṛṣṇa

2 definitions
a son of Krishna

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Rukmini

The Purana Index

Specific Entities or Epithets from Cāru-Compounds

2 definitions
Shachi, Indra's wife

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a deer

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Musical Term

1 definition
in music, a particular vasaka

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Noun: Intelligence

1 definition
intelligence

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Noun: Moonlight

1 definition
moonlight

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Noun: Splendour

1 definition
splendour

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Name: A Cakra-vartin

1 definition
of a Chakravartin

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Name: Kubera's wife

1 definition
the wife of Kubera

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.