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caraka: masculine vocative singular stem: caraka

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

carakam	3.5.33	Masculine	Singular

Monier-Williams Search

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caraka

m. a wanderer, wandering religious student

caraka

m. a spy

caraka

m. a kind of ascetic

caraka

m. a kind of medicinal plant

caraka

m. Name of a muni- and physician (the Serpent-king śeṣa-, who was the recipient of the āyur-veda-;once on visiting the earth and finding it full of sickness he became moved with pity and determined to become incarnate as the son of a muni- for alleviating disease;he was called caraka- because he had visited the earth as a kind of spy or cara-;he then composed a new book on medicine, based on older works of agni-veśa- and other pupils of ātreya-

)

caraka

m. Name of a lexicographer

caraka

m. plural (see

) Name of a branch of the black yajur-veda- (the practises and rites-enjoined by which are different in some respects from those in

)

and

caraka

m. Name of an evil spirit

carakabhāṣya

n. Name of another commentator or commentary on

by kṛṣṇa-.

carakagrantha

m. caraka-'s book (on med.)

carakatantra

n. idem or 'm. caraka-'s book (on med.)'

carakatantravyākhyā

f. Name of a commentator or commentary on

by hari-candra-.

avacaraka

m. a footman, runner,

baudhāyanacarakasautrāmaṇī

f. Name of work

śanaiścarakavaca

mn. Name of work

upacaraka

m. a spy,

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carakaḥ	चरकः 1 A spy. -2 A wandering mendicant, a vagrant. -3 N. of a sage and physician supposed to be serpent-king Śeṣa come to the earth. [He composed a new book on medicine, based on other works of Agniveśa and other pupils of Ātreya]. -4 N. of a lexicographer m. (pl.); cf. P.IV.3.17. -5 N. of a branch of the black Yajurveda.

Macdonell Search

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caraka	m. wanderer; wandering Brâhman pupil; spy; N. of an ancient phy sician: pl. N. of a school of the black Yagur veda: -½adhvaryu, m. priest of the Karakas.

Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects

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caraka	primarily denotes a ‘ wandering student,’ a sense actually found in the Brhadāranyaka Upanisad. More especially it denotes the members of a school of the Black Yajurveda, the practices of which are several times referred to with disapproval in the Satapatha Brāhmana. In the Vājasaneyi Samhitā the Caraka teacher (Carakācārya) is enumerated among the sacrificial victims at the Purusamedha, or human sacrifice. His dedication there to ill-doing is a clear hint of a ritual feud.

carakabrahmaṇa	Is the name of a work from which Sāyana quotes in his commentary on the Rigveda.

Bloomfield Vedic
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duṣkṛtāya	carakācāryam VS.30.18; TB.3.4.1.16.

Vedabase Search

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caraka	named the Carakas	SB 12.6.61

DCS with thanks

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caraka	noun (masculine) a kind of ascetic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a kind of medicinal plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a spy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a wanderer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a Muni and physician (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Oldenlandia corymbosa Linn. wandering religious student (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 6222/72933

Ayurvedic MedicalDictionary Dr. Potturu with thanks

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caraka	redactor of Agniveśa samhita; he was the court physician of the king Kanishka of Kushan dynasty, who reigned in the 1st and 2nd Century
carakasamhita	a classical text of ayurveda authored by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka (2nd Century )

Wordnet Search

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caraka	guptacaraḥ, apasarpaḥ, gūḍhacāraḥ, gūḍhacārī, caraḥ, cāraḥ, cārakaḥ, cāraṇaḥ, cārī, bhīmaraḥ, mantrajñaḥ, mantharaḥ, vicārakaḥ, sūci, herakaḥ, upacarakaḥ yaḥ guptarītyā guhyaṃ jānāti। guptacarasya sūcanānusāram ārakṣakeṇa mithyāmudrāprakāśakasamūhaḥ gṛhītaḥ।
caraka	carakaḥ carakaḥ vaidyakaśāstrasya pradhānaḥ ācāryaḥ। carakeṇa viracitā carakasaṃhitā sarvamānyā asti।
caraka	carakamatsyaḥ matsyaprakāraḥ। dhīvaraḥ jāle carakamatsyaṃ prāptavān।
caraka	carakasaṃhitā ācāryacarakeṇa racitaḥ āyurvediyaḥ granthaviśeṣaḥ। carakasaṃhitā prācīneṣu cikitsāgrantheṣu ekā।
caraka	carakaḥ ekaḥ kośakāraḥ । carakasya ullekhaḥ kośe vartate
caraka	carakaḥ ekaḥ asuraḥ । carakasya ullekhaḥ kośe vartate
caraka	carakatantravyākhyā ekaḥ ṭīkāgranthaḥ । carakatantravyākhyā haricandreṇa racitā
caraka	carakabhāṣyam ekaḥ ṭīkāgranthaḥ । carakabhāṣyaṃ kṛṣṇena racitam

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