चर [cara] a. a. (-री f.) [चर्-अच्]
Moving, going, walking, grazing &c.; धर्मारण्यचरेषु प्राणिषु
[Ś.5.9.] Following, practising (at the end of comp.).
Trembling, shaking.
Movable; see चराचर below;
[Ms.3.21;] [Bg. 13.15.] Animate;
[Ms.5.29;7.15.] (Used as an affix) formerly, late; आढ्यचर 'one who was formerly rich' so देवदत्तचर, अध्यापकचर late teacher &c.
रः A spy.
A wagtail.
A game played with dice and men.
A cowrie.
The planet Mars.
(Hence) Tuesday.
The seventh Karaṇa in astrology.
The Karaṇas taken collectively.
The difference of time between two meridians.
The first, fourth, seventh, and tenth signs of the zodiac.
The wind; क्वाहं तमो- महदहंखचराग्निवार्भूसंवेष्टिताण्डघटसप्तवितस्तिकायः
[Bhāg.1.14.11.] -Comp.
-अचर a.
movable and immovable; चरा- चराणां भूतानां कुक्षिराधारतां गतः
[Ku.6.67;2.5;] [Bg.11.43.] wished, desired.
shaking, trembling.
रम् the aggregate of all created things, the world;
[Ms.1.57,] 63;3.75;
[Bg.11.7;9.1.] the sky, the atmosphere.
heaven. (-री) a young woman.
-गृहम् the zodiacs of मेष, कर्क, तुला and मकर.
-द्रव्यम् movables, goods and chattels.
-पुष्टः a mediator.
-भम्, -भवनम् a varying sign of the zodiac; i. e. the first, fourth, seventh and tenth.
-मूर्तिः f. f. an idol which is carried about in procession.