mf(ā-or ī-). "one who cooks dog", a man or woman of a low and outcaste tribe (the son of a caṇḍāla- and a brāhmaṇī-, or of a niṣṭya- and a previously unmarried kirātī-, or of an ugra- woman by a kṣatriya-, or of a hounds woman by an ugra-, or of a brāhmaṇī- by an ambaṣṭha-, often equalscaṇḍāla-;he acts as a public executioner and carries out the bodies of those who die without kindred) etc.
P.-carati-, to go towards, come near, approach ; to come near, wait upon, serve, attend, assist, bear a hand etc. ; to approach, set about, undertake, perform ; to attend on (a patient), physic (a person), treat, tend, nurse ; to use figuratively or metaphorically, apply figuratively (generally Passive voice-caryate-)
अपचर् 1 P. 1 To depart. -2 To go astray, transgress; offend, commit a fault, act wrongly; यो यस्तेषामपचरेत्तमाचक्षीत वै द्विजः Mb.; तदङ्गनास्वपाचरन्नरेन्द्रः Dk. 162 outraged; ते ह्येनमपचरन्तमपि न त्यजन्ति Kau.A.1.
उपचर् 1 P. 1 (a) To serve, wait or attend upon; गिरिशमुपचचार Ku.1.6; निमित्तज्ञान् K.64; Ms.3.193, 4.254; सममुपचर भद्रे सुप्रियं चाप्रियं च Mk.1.31; K.326. (b) To honour, worship; प्रतिमाः पूजासत्कारेणोपचर्यन्ते K.4,323; V.3. -2 To treat, deal with, act towards; entertain; मित्रत्वेन उपचरितस्य Dk.71 treated as a friend; भोजनादिना मामुपाचरत् 77,117; तां प्रियसखीमिवोपाचरत् 134; उपाचरत् कृत्रिमसंविधाभिः R.14.17 honoured or entertained; 5.62; स्थाने इयं देवीशब्देनोपचर्यते V.3. honoured with the title of queen. तत्रभवन्तो युवत्वेनोपचर्यमाणाः प्रीता भवन्ति Mbh. IV.1.163. -3 To attend on (as a patient), treat, tend, nurse; यत्नादुपचर्यताम् Ś.3; मन्त्रवादिभिरुपचर्यमाणः Pt.1. -4 To approach, go towards. -5 To undertake, begin (mostly Vedic in these senses). -pass. To be used figuratively or metaphorically, be applied figuratively to any one (with loc.); तस्माच्चेतनवदुपचर्यते Ś. B.; पर एवात्मा बालैः शारीर इत्युपचर्यते ibid; कालो$यं द्विपरार्धाख्यो निमेष उपचर्यते Bhāg.; भुक्ता ब्राह्मणा इत्यत्र अन्नस्य भुक्तत्वं ब्राह्मणेषूपचर्यते Malli. on Ki.1.1.; Bṛi. S.5.15; प्रत्यासत्त्या उपचर्य योज्यते K. P.
उपचर्य pot. p. [P.III.1.1] 1 To be served or waited upon; to be honoured or worshipped; उपचर्यः स्त्रिया साध्व्या सततं देववत्पतिः Ms.5.154; अनुपचर्ये (भृत्ये) Pt.1.11 not requiring flattery, unassuming; दुःख˚ Mu.3.5 difficult to serve. -र्या 1 Service, attendance. -2 Physicking, treating, curing.
उपचयः 1 Accumulation, addition, accession; येन मूर्तीनामुपचयापचयाश्च लक्ष्यन्ते तं कालमाहुः Mbh. on II.2.5. -2 Increase, growth, excess; बल˚ K.15; स्वशक्त्युपचये Śi.2.57; अम्भसामुपचयाय 9.32; भाग्य˚ Ratn.1.6 dawn of good fortune; so ज्ञान˚, मांस˚. -3 Quantity, heap. -4 Prosperity, elevation, rise. शिवस्योपचयं वीक्ष्य तथापचय- मात्मनः । Śiva B.25.32. -5 The third, sixth, tenth and eleventh house or position from the first of a zodiacal sign (or a lagna q. v.). -Comp. -अपचय (du.) rise and fall, prosperity and decay. -भवनम् a species of the Daṇḍaka metre.
noun (neuter) a means or instrument for cooking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
becoming cooked or ripe (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cooking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
heating
maturing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
roasting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) collecting
decay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
decline (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
decrease (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
diminution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several planetary mansions (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) accumulation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
addition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
elevation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excess (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
growth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
heap (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
increase (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prosperity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
quantity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the third, sixth, tenth, and eleventh of the zodiacal signs (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to apply figuratively (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to approach (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to approach (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to assist (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to attend (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to attend on (a patient) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to bear a hand (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to come near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to go towards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to nurse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to perform (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to physic (a person) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to serve (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to set about (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to tend (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to treat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to undertake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to use figuratively or metaphorically (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to wait upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) access (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
approach (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attendance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective a miser (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cooking a measured portion of food (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small-sized (said of a cooking utensil) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sparing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stingy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine feminine) a dog-feeder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a man or woman of a low and outcaste tribe (the son of a Caṇḍāla and a Brāhmaṇī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dog-keeper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective complaisant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
easily accessible (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
easily treated or cured (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
easy to be had or got (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kind to (dat.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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