चारक

{ cāraka }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चारक  mfn.  mfn. ifc. proceeding, iii, 66, 18"> [R. iii, 66, 18]
चर्   (√ , Caus.) setting in motion, xiv, 42, 29"> [MBh. xiv, 42, 29]
    composed by चरक, [Pāṇ. 4-3, 107]; [Kāś.]
चारक  m.  m. a spy, ii, 172"> [MBh. ii, 172] ( [Pañcat. ii]) and, iv, 911
चर्   (√ , Caus. [Pāṇ. 7-3, 34]; [Kāś.]) a driver, herdsman ( cf. गो-), [L.]
भोजक   = , [L.]
संचारक   an associate, companion (), [L.]
   a fetter, [L.]
   a prison, [Lalit. xv]; [Daś. vii]
    Buchanania latifolia, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चारक [cāraka] a.  a. [चारयति चर्-णिच्-ण्वुल्]
    acting, doing, proceeding; अपूर्वचारकः सौम्यो अनिकेतः समाहितः [Mb.3.278.19.]
   कः A spy.
   A herdsman.
   A leader, driver.
   An associate.
   A groom, cavalier.
   A prison; निगडितचरणा चारके निरोद्धव्या [Dk.32.]
   A bond, fetter.
    going, motion.
   A wandering Brahmanical student.

Shabda-Sagara

चारक  m.  ( -कः)
   1. A groom, a horseman, a cavalier.
   2. A binding, a fetter.
   3. An associate, a companion.
   4. A spy.
   5. A herdsman
    E. चर् to go, in the causal form, and णिच्-ण्वुल् aff.

ROOTS:

चर् णिच्-ण्वुल्