चरु

{ caruḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

caru m S Boiled rice. Ex. किं होमशाळेंतून श्वान ॥ जाय चरुमात्र घेऊन ॥.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  Boiled rice.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. १ शिजवलेले तांदूळ ; भात . कीं होमशाळेंतून श्वान । जाय चरुपात्र घेऊन । २ ( गो . ) पिशाच्यास अर्पण करण्यासाठीं शिजविलेला भात . ३ पिंड ( भाताचे ). ४ ( खा . ) तांब्या . [ सं . चरु ; हिं . चरुआ ] चरुस्थाली - स्त्री . १ भात ठेवण्याचें भांडें ; हवि ठेवण्याचें पात्र . २ स्वयंपाक ; पाकनिष्पत्ति ; पाकक्रिया . [ सं . चरु + स्थाली = भांडें ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चरु  m.  m. ( g. भीमा-दि) a kind of vessel (in which a particular oblation is prepared), saucepan, pot, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. xiii]; KātyŚr.; [Kauś.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]
a cloud ( cf. [RV. i, 7, 6]), [Naigh. i, 10]
an oblation (of rice, barley and pulse) boiled with butter and milk for presentation to the gods or manes, [VS. xxix. 6]; [TS. i]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr. i, 1 & 7]; KātyŚr. &c. ( pl. [Yājñ. i, 298]).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चरुः [caruḥ]   [चर् उन्]
An oblation of rice or barley boiled for presentation to the gods and the manes; अनवस्रावी निरुष्मपक्व ओदनश्चरुरिति याज्ञिकाः ओदनेऽपि चरुशब्दः प्रयुज्यते । ŚB. on [MS.1.1.36.] (It is often boiled in milk and is called पयश्चरु; cf. [R.1.51,54,56;] or sprinkled over with butter or ghee); वन्यैश्चरुपुरोडाशैः [Bhāg.11.18.7.]
A kind of vessel in which an oblation is prepared. प्रसिद्धश्च स्थाल्यां चरुशब्दः आ च हिमवतः आ च कुमारीभ्यः प्रयुज्य- मानो दृष्टः । ŚB. on [MS.1.1.35.]
A cloud. -Comp.
-चेलिन्  m. m. N. of Śiva.
-व्रणः   A kind of cake; L. D. B.-स्थाली a vessel for boiling rice &c. for presentation to the gods and the manes.

Shabda-Sagara

चरु  m.  ( -रुः)
1. An oblation of rice barley, and pulse, boiled with butter and milk for presentation to the gods or manes.
2. The vessel in which such an oblation is prepared.
E. चर् to eat, उण् Unadi affix, what the gods feed upon.

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चर् उण्