# सच्चरित (saccarita)

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सच्चरित (saccarita) is a Sanskrit word meaning good conduct, history or account of the good, well-conducted or virtuous, honest or upright, good or virtuous conduct, well-conducted, virtuous. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Well-conducted or Virtuous (as an Adjective), Good Conduct (as a Noun), History/Account of the Good (as a Noun).

- **Etymology:** E. सत् good, चरित conduct — E. sat good, carita conduct
- **SLP1:** `saccarita`  **IAST:** saccarita  **Devanagari:** सच्चरित
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/satcharita/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Well-conducted or Virtuous (as an Adjective) (6 definitions)
- well-conducted or virtuous  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सच् (sac) — चरित (—carita) mfn. well-conducted, virtuous, Kāv. [ ID=229649 ]
- 1. Honest or upright. 2. Virtuous.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सच्चरित (carita) (saccarita) [Printed book page 882 ] सच्चरित (carita) (saccarita) mfn. ( - तः - ता - तं (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) ) 1 Honest, upright. 2 Virtuous. E. सत् (sat) good, चरित (carita) conduct. [ ID=39999 ]
- Honest  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सच्चरित (saccarita) [Printed book page 802-b ] सच्च - रित (sacca-rita) ( तः - ता - तं ) ((taḥ-tā-taṃ)) a. Honest. [ ID=39683 ]
- well-conducted, virtuous  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सच्चरित (saccarita) [Printed book page 749-23 ] सच्चरित (saccarita) (I) a. well-conducted, virtuous, honest, सूनुः सचरितः (sūnuḥ sacaritaḥ) Bhartr. ii.25. [ ID=39346 ]
- 1. Honest, upright, and virtuous. 2. Good conduct.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सच्चरित (carita) (saccarita) [Printed book page 751-b ] सच्चरित (carita) (saccarita) mfn. ( - तः - ता - तं (-taṃ) (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) ) 1. Honest, upright. 2. Virtuous. n. ( - तं (-taṃ) ) Good conduct. E. सत् (sat) good, चरित (carita) conduct. [ ID=41983 ]
- well-conducted, virtuous  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 सच्चरित (saccarita) a. well-conducted, virtuous. [ ID=34272 ]

### Good Conduct (as a Noun) (2 definitions)
- good conduct  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1135,1] सच् (sac) — चरित (—carita) n. good conduct, Śak.; Kathās.; BhP. &c. [ ID=229647 ]
- good or virtuous conduct  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सच्चरित (saccarita) [Printed book page 576 ] 1 सच्चरित (saccarita) n. good or virtuous conduct. [ ID=34271 ]

### History/Account of the Good (as a Noun) (1 definition)
- history or account of the good  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > history or account of the good, A. [ ID=229648 ]

### Referential Entry / Cross-reference (1 definition)
- See under sat.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > सच्चरित (saccarita) [Printed book page 1049-b ] सच्चरित (saccarita) sac-carita. See under sat. [ ID=48641 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; 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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