Avacaraka: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Avacaraka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Avacharaka.
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Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryavacaraka : (3) a spy; of bad character.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAvacaraka, & ocaraka (adj. -n.) (fr. avacara) 1. only in cpd. k膩m芒vacarika as adj. to k膩m芒vacara, belonging to the sphere of sense experiences, Sdhp. 254.鈥�2. Late form of ocaraka, spy, only in C. on Th. 1, 315 ff. quoted in Brethren 189, n 3. Occurs in BSk (Divy 127). (Page 81)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAvacaraka (啶呧さ啶氞ぐ啶�).鈥�(1) m. (= Pali id.), messenger, (secret) agent: 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 3807 = Tibetan bya ma rta, courier (v.l. apa掳, but Mironov ava掳 without v.l.); 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 32.25; 127.26; 287.3; (2) (m.?) in 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 522.1 tac ca g峁沨a峁� v膩 avacaraka峁� v膩 vipula峁� pa艣yet, and he would see (in his dream) that house or locality (? the preceding sentence is our only clue to the meaning and it is so general that it gives little help) as vast. Is it a ka-derivative of avacara (physical) domain? Or an otherwise unrecorded word for some kind of building? [Ardha-M膩gadh墨 Dictionary] records AMg. oc膩ra (= avac膩ra), a granary or store-house of grain, which does not fit our context.
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Avac膩raka (啶呧さ啶氞ぞ啶班).鈥�adj. or subst m., perhaps slinking off: muktahast膩vac膩raka岣� 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 165.19. See also ek膩vac膩raka.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvacaraka (啶呧さ啶氞ぐ啶�):鈥擺=ava-caraka] [from ava-car] m. a footman, runner, [顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text: Kamavacaraka, Ocaraka.
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