# चारु (cāru)

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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 — E. cara to go, Uṇādi affix ñuṇ
- **SLP1:** `cAru`  **IAST:** cāru  **Devanagari:** चारु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/charu/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** चरु (caru)

## Meanings by context

### Adjective: Beautiful, Pleasing, Dear (14 definitions)
- agreeable, beloved, dear  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 393,3] चारु (cāru) mf( उस् (us) )n. (√ 2. चन् (can) ) agreeable, approved, esteemed, beloved, endeared, ( Lat. ) carus, dear (with dat. or loc. of the person), Ṛg-veda (Title); Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) xxxv, 17; Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) iii; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa (Title) iii, 1, 1, 9; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) i, 5, 9 [ ID=73137 ]
- pleasing, lovely, beautiful  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > pleasing, lovely, beautiful, pretty, Ṛg-veda (Title); Atharva-veda (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=73138 ]
- Agreeable, welcome, beloved, or dear  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (ru) (cāru) [Printed book page 0491-a ] चारु (ru) (cāru) a. ( रु (ru) or र्वी (rvī) f. ) [ चरति चित्ते चर् (carati citte car) उण् (uṇ), cf. Uṇādisūtras 1. 3 ] 1 Agreeable, welcome, beloved. esteemed, dear (with dat. or loc. ); वरु (ru) णाय (varuṇāya) or वरु (ru) णे चारु (ru) (cāru) ः (varuṇe cāruḥ)
- Pleasing, lovely, beautiful, elegant, or pretty  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (ru) (cāru) [Printed book page 0491-a ] चारु (ru) (cāru) a. ( रु (ru) or र्वी (rvī) f. ) [ चरति चित्ते चर् (carati citte car) उण् (uṇ), cf. Uṇādisūtras 1. 3 ] 2 Pleasing, lovely, beautiful, elegant, pretty; प्रिये चारु (ru) (cāru) शीले मुंच मयि (priye cāruśīle muṃca mayi) मानमनिदानं (mānamanidānaṃ) Gītagovinda 10; सर्वं प्रिये चारु (ru) (cāru) तरं (sarvaṃ priye cārutaraṃ) वसंते (vasaṃte) Ṛtusaṃhāra (Bombay) 6. 2; चकासतं (cakāsataṃ) चारु (ru) (cāru) चमूरु (ru) चर्मणा (cārucamūrucarmaṇā) Śiśupālavadha 1. 8; 4. 49
- having beautiful eyes  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — नेत्र, - लोचन (netra, -locana) a. having beautiful eyes. (
- Agreeable, welcome, pleasing, dear, fair, lovely  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 093-3 ] चारु (cāru) cā́r-u, a. agreeable, welcome, pleasing; dear; fair, lovely: n. ad. : -gīti, f. a metre; -tā, f. popularity; beauty; -datta, m. N. of a Brāhman; -danta, m. N. of a merchantʼs son; -darśanā, f. fair woman; -netra, a. fair-eyed; -mati, m. N. of a parrot; -rūpa, a. of fair form; -locana, a. fair-eyed; -veṇī, f. fair braid, N. of a river; -śabda-bhaṅga-vat, a. rich in lovely faltering and in charming expressions ( speech ); -hāsin, a. laughing sweetly: -ī, f. a metre. [ ID=7540 ]
- 1. Beautiful or elegant. 2. A name of Vrihaspati, regent of Jupiter and preceptor of the gods.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 323 ] चारु (cāru) mfn. ( - रुः (-ruḥ)- र्व्वी - रु (-ruḥ-rvvī-ru) ) Beautiful, elegant. m. ( - रुः (-ruḥ) ) A name of VṚHASPATI, regent of JUPITER, and preceptor of the gods. E. चर (cara) to go, Uṇādi affix ञुण् (ñuṇ). [ ID=15051 ]
- 1. Beautiful, elegant. 2. Brihaspati.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 283-b ] चारु (cāru) ( रुः - र्व्वी - रु ) ((ruḥ-rvvī-ru)) a. Beautiful, elegant. 2. m. Vrihashpati. [ ID=14505 ]
- 1. Agreeable, welcome, or dear. 2. Lovely, beautiful, or elegant.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (ru) (cāru) [Printed book page 271-15 ] चारु (ru) (cāru) (I) a. (f. रु (ru) or र्वी (rvī) ) 1. Agreeable, welcome, beloved, dear, (with a dat. or loc., e.g. वरु (ru) णाय (varuṇāya) or वरु (ru) णे चारु (ru) (cāru) ः (varuṇe cāruḥ) ); 2. lovely, beautiful, elegant, चकासतं चारु (ru) (cāru) चमूरु (ru) चर्मणा (cakāsataṃ cārucamūrucarmaṇā) Sis. i.8, ऊर्ध्वप्रसारितसुराधिपचापचारु (ru) (cāru) (ūrdhvaprasāritasurādhipacāpacāru) Sis. iv.49, Rt. vi.2. [ ID=13583 ]
- 1. Agreeable, dear, or welcome. 2. Beautiful or elegant. 3. Vrihaspati, regent of Jupiter and preceptor of the gods.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 267-a ] चारु (cāru) mfn. ( - रुः (-ruḥ)- र्वी - रु (-ruḥ-rvī-ru) ) 1. An agreeable, welcome, dear. 2. Beautiful, elegant. m. ( - रुः (-ruḥ) ) A name of VRIHASPATI, regent of JUPITER, and preceptor of the gods. E. चर् (car) to go, Unadi affix उण् (uṇ). [ ID=15043 ]
- 1. Agreeable. 2. Beautiful.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 0302-a ] चारु (cāru) cāru (akin to car in carv, cf. cūrṇa, properly: Delicate, cf. τέρην, τείρω), adj., f. rvī. 1. Agreeable, Pañc. 256, 14. 2. Beautiful, Rām. 1, 63, 6. — Comp. Sa-, adj. very beautiful. — Cf. καλός. [ ID=4958 ]
- pleasant, lovely, beautiful, dear  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 171 ] चारु (cāru) a. pleasant, lovely, beautiful, dear; n. adv. [ ID=10465 ]
- 1. Gladsome or pleasant. 2. Dear. 3. Fair.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 155-b ] cā́ru, a. gladsome; dear; pleasant; fair. [ √can, q. v., 1192 : cf. Lat. cā-rus, ‘dear.’] [ ID=1501 ]
- 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)*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 0321-c ] चारु (cāru) cāru, us, vī, u (said to be fr. rt. car, perhaps connected with 2. can ), agreeable, welcome, approved, esteemed, beloved, dear (with dat. or loc. of the person, e. g. varuṇāya or varuṇe cāruḥ, dear to Varuṇa), pleasing, lovely, beautiful, pretty, elegant; ( us ), m. an epithet of Bṛhaspati; N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī; of a Cakra-vartin; ( rī ), f. a beautiful woman; splendor; moonlight; intelligence; N. of the wife of Kuvera; ( u ), n. a various reading for vara, saffron; [cf. Eng. fair; Brit. kaer.] —Cāru-karṇa, as, ā or ī, am, having beautiful ears. —Cāru-keśarā, f. a kind of grass, Cyperus, = nāgara-mustā; a kind of tree, = taruṇī. —Cāru- garbha, as, m., N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa and Ruk- miṇī. —Cāru-gīti, is, f. a kind of metre, a sort of Gīti, containing 29+32 syllabic instants. —Cāru- gupta, as, m., N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī. —Cāru-ghoṇa, as, ā, am, handsome-nosed. —Cāru- citra, as, m., N. of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra. —Cāru- tā, f. or cāru-tva, am, n. loveliness, beauty. —Cāru- datta, as, m., N. of a Brāhman. —Cārudatta-nā- man, ā, m. named Cāru-datta. —Cāru-danta, as, m. ‘having beautiful teeth,’ N. of a merchant's son. —Cāru-darśana, as, ā, am, good-looking. —Cāru- deva, as, m., N. of a man. —Cāru-deṣṇa, as, m., N. of a son of Gaṇḍūṣa; also of a son of Kṛṣṇa by Rukmiṇī. —Cāru-dhāman, ā, m., N. of a plant. —Cāru-dhāmā or cāru-dhārā, f. an epithet of Śacī, the wife of Indra. —Cāru-dhiṣṇya, as, m., N. of one of the Saptarṣayas in the eleventh Man- vantara. —Cāru-nālaka, am, n. a kind of lotus with red flowers. —Cāru-netra, as, ā, am, having beautiful eyes; ( ā ), f., N. of an Apsaras. —Cāru-pada, as, m., N. of a son of Namasyu. —Cāru-parṇī, f., N. of a plant, = pra-sāraṇī. —Cāru-puṭa, as, m. a particular time in music. —Cāru-pratīka, as, ā, am, Ved. of lovely appearance. —Cāru-phalā, f. a vine, a grape. —Cāru-bāhu, us, or cāru-bhadra, as, m., N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa by Rukmiṇī. —Cāru-mat, ān, atī, at, lovely, beautiful; ( ān ), m., N. of a Cakra-vartin; ( tī ), f., N. of a daughter of Kṛṣṇa by Rukmiṇī. —Cāru-mukha, as, ī, am, handsome-faced, fair, beauteous; ( ī ), f., N. of a metre consisting of four lines of ten syllables each. —Cāru- yaśas, ās, m. ‘of fair fame,’ N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa by Rukmiṇī; [cf. cāru. ] —Cāru-ratha, as or am, m. or n. (?), N. of a forest. —Cāru-rāvā, f. an epithet of Śacī, the wife of Indra. —Cāru-locana, as, ā, am, lovely-eyed, having beautiful eyes; ( as ), m. a deer, antelope; ( ā ), f. a woman with fine eyes. —Cāru-vak- tra, as, m. ‘handsome-faced,’ N. of one of Skanda's attendants. —Cāru-vardhanā, f. a woman. —Cāru- vinda, as, m., N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa by Rukmiṇī. —Cāru-veśa, as, m. ‘well-dressed,’ = the preceding. —Cāru-vratā, f. a female who fasts for a whole month. —Cāru-śilā, f. ‘beautiful stone,’ a jewel, a gem. —Cāru-śīrṣa, as, m., N. of a man. —Cāru- śīla, as, ā, am, of a lovely nature, beautiful. —Cāru- śravas, ās, m., N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa by Rukmiṇī. —Cāru-sarvāṅga-darśana (°va-aṅ°), as, ā, am, having a beautiful appearance in all the limbs. —Cāru- hāsin, ī, inī, i, smiling sweetly; ( inī ), f., N. of a metre containing 4 × 14 syllabic instants. —Cārv- aṅgī, f. a beautifully formed woman. —Cārv-āghāṭa or cārv-āghāta, as, ā, am, destructive of beauty. [ ID=18469 ]

### Noun/Proper Name: A Beautiful Woman / Specific Types of Women (3 definitions)
- a beautiful woman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 393,3] चार्वी (vī) (cārvī) ( वी (vī) ), f. a beautiful woman, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=73146 ]
- a beautifully formed woman  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अंगी (aṃgī) a beautifully formed woman
- a woman with lovely eyes  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — लोचना (locanā) a woman with lovely eyes

### Noun: Saffron (3 definitions)
- saffron  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चारु (cāru) n. ( v.l. for वर (vara) ) saffron, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author), Sch. [ ID=73145 ]
- Saffron  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — रु (ru) n. Saffron
- Saffron  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (cāru) (III) n. Saffron. [ ID=13585 ]

### Proper Name/Epithet: Bṛhaspati (3 definitions)
- an epithet of Brihaspati  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Bṛhaspati, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=73142 ]
- An epithet of Brihaspati  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — रुः (ruḥ) An epithet of Bṛhaspati
- an epithet of Brihaspati  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चारु (cāru) (II) m. An epithet of Bṛihaspati. [ ID=13584 ]

### Adverb: Beautifully, Agreeably (2 definitions)
- agreeably  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चारु (cāru) ind. so as to please, agreeably (with dat. ), Ṛg-veda (Title) ix, 72, 7 and 86, 21; Atharva-veda (Title) vii, xii, xiv [ ID=73139 ]
- beautifully  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > beautifully, Harivaṃśa (Title); Caurapañcāśikā (Title) [ ID=73140 ]

### Proper Name: Son of Kṛṣṇa (2 definitions)
- a son of Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Kṛṣṇa, Harivaṃśa (Title) 6699; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) x, 61, 9 [ ID=73143 ]
- a son of Rukmini  
  *The Purana Index*
  > चारु (cāru) [Printed book page 1-597 ] Cāru — a son of Rukmiṇi. Went out to play and saw a huge lizard with his brothers and reported to Kṛṣṇa. Bhā. X. 61. 9; 64. 1-4; Br. III. 71. 246. Vā. 96. 237. Vi. V. 28. 2. [ ID=4738 ]

### Specific Entities or Epithets from Cāru-Compounds (2 definitions)
- Shachi, Indra's wife  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — धामा, - धारा, - रावा (dhāmā, -dhārā, -rāvā) Śacī, Indra's wife
- a deer  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — नेत्रः, - नः (netraḥ, -naḥ) ) a deer

### Musical Term (1 definition)
- in music, a particular vasaka  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चारु (cāru) m. (in music) a particular वासक (vāsaka) [ ID=73141 ]

### Noun: Intelligence (1 definition)
- intelligence  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > intelligence, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=73149 ]

### Noun: Moonlight (1 definition)
- moonlight  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > moonlight, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=73148 ]

### Noun: Splendour (1 definition)
- splendour  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > splendour, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=73147 ]

### Proper Name: A Cakra-vartin (1 definition)
- of a Chakravartin  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Cakra-vartin, Buddhist literature (Literary category) [ ID=73144 ]

### Proper Name: Kubera's wife (1 definition)
- the wife of Kubera  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Kubera's wife, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=73150 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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