चमर

{ camarḥ, camara }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

CAMARA   (CAMARĪ). An animal whose tail is its most important and valued organ. In the course of its movements in the forest if the tail gets entangled anywhere it is supposed to lie down there till the tail is freed by itself. About the origin of Camara, the following story is told in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa. Krodhavaśā, daughter of Dakṣaprajāpati and wife of Kaśyapa had ten daughters, viz. Mṛgī, Mṛgamadā, Hari, Bhadramadā, Mātaṅgī, Śārdūlī, Śvetī, Surasā, Surabhi and Kadrū. To Mṛgamadā the Sṛmaras and Camaras owe their origin. [Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Canto 14] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : सुरागाय, चामर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चमर  m.  m. a kind of ox called the Yak ( Bos grunniens), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
चमर  mn.  mn. the bushy tail of the Yak (employed as chowrie or long brush for whisking off insects, flies, &c. ; one of the insignia of royalty; cf. चाम्°), [MBh. ii, xii]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Kathās. lix, 42]
a particular high number, [Buddh.]
चमर  m.  m. N. of a दैत्य, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चमरः [camarḥ]   [चम्-अरच् [Uṇ.3.31] ] A kind of deer.
-रः, -रम्   A chowrie most usually made of the tail of Chamara.
री A shoot, sprout (मञ्जरी).
The female Chamara; यस्यार्थयुक्तं गिरिराजशब्दं कुर्वन्ति बालव्यजने- श्चमर्यः [Ku.1.13,48;] [Śi.4.6;] [Me.53;] केशेषु चमरीं हन्ति सीम्नि पुष्करको हतः Udb.; cf. चमरं चामरे स्त्री तु मञ्जरीमृग- भेदयोः Medinī. -Comp.
-पुच्छम्   the tail of Chamara used as a fan. (-च्छः) a squirrel.

Shabda-Sagara

चमर  n.  ( -रं)
1. A Chowri or long brush, most usually made of the tail-hairs of the Yak or Bos Grunniens, and employed to whisk off insects, flies, &c.
2. The name of a demon,
 f.  ( -री) A compound pedicle.
 mf.  ( -रः-री) A kind of deer, or rather the Bos Grunniens, [Page262-b+ 60] erroneously classed by the Hidu writers amongst the deer.
E. चम् to eat or be eaten, अरच् aff.

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चम् अरच्