आचारः [ācārḥ] [आचार-भावे घञ्]
Conduct, behaviour, manner of action or of conducting oneself; सदाचारः good conduct; नीच˚ &c.; लोकाचारविवर्जिताः
[Pt.5.4] ignorant of the ways of the world.
Good conduct or behaviour; न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते
[Bg. 16.7;] [Ms.1.19,5.4,3.165.] A custom, usage, practice; तस्मिन्देशे य आचारः पारंपर्यक्रमागतः
[Ms.2.18;] [Y. 1.343.] An established usage, fixed rule of conduct in life, customary law, institute or precept (opp. व्यवहार in law); आचार्य आचाराणाम्
[K.56;] [Ms.1.19;] oft. as the first member of comp. in the sense of 'customary', 'usual', 'as is the custom', 'according to form', 'as a formality'; ˚पुष्पग्रहणार्थम्
[M.4;] see ˚धूम, ˚लाज below; परिकर्मन्
[Ś.2.] (a) Any customary observance or duty; ˚प्रयतः
[V.3.2;] गृहाचारव्यपदेशेन
[U.3.] (b) A form, formality; आचार इत्यवहितेन मया गृहीता
[Ś.5.3;] [Mv.3.26.] (c) The customary salutation or bow, usual formality; आचारं प्रतिपद्यस्व
[Ś.4;] [V.2;] अविषयस्तावदाचारस्य
[Mv.2.] Diet.
A rule (of conduct). -Comp.
-अङ्गम् title of the first of the twelve sacred books of the Jainas-चक्रिन् N. of a Vaiṣṇava sect.
-चन्द्रिका N. N. of a work on the religious customs of the Śūdras
-तन्त्रम् one of the four classes of the Tantras (with Buddhists).-दीपः [आचारार्थः नीराजनार्थो दीपः]
'a lamp of religious customs', title of a work.
a lamp waved about a person as a formality and token of auspiciousness.-धूमग्रहणम् inhaling smoke as a customary rite (as of the sacrificial ceremony)
[R.7.27;] वधूमुखं क्लान्तयवाव- तंसमाचारधूमग्रहणाद् बभूव
[Ku.7.82.] -पूत a. a. purified by customary observances, of pure conduct; तमातपक्लान्त- मनातपत्रमाचारपूतं पवनः सिषेवे
[R.2.13.] -भेदः difference in the customary law.
-भ्रष्ट, -पतित a. a. apostate, fallen from established usages or rules of conduct.
-मयूखः 'Ray of religious customs'; N. of a work.
-लाज (m. pl.) fried grain customarily showered upon a king or other important personage as a mark of respect (as when he passes through the streets of his capital); अवाकिरन्बाललताः प्रसूनैराचारलाजैरिव पौरकन्याः
[R.2.1.] -वर्जित,
-व्यपेत, -हीन a.
irregular, out of rule.
outcast, who has renounced all customary observances. स्मृत्याचारव्यपेतेन
[Y.2.5;] [Ms.3.165.] -वेदी [आचारस्य वेदीव] 'altar of religious customs', N. of Āryāvarta, the sacred region of the Āryas.