Caccara: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Caccara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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 Chachchara.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarycaccara : (nt.) a courtyard; a cross road.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryCaccara, (nt.) (Sk. catvara, cp. Trenckner, Notes, p. 56) a quadrangular place, a square, courtyard; a place where four roads meet, a cross road Vin. III, 151; IV, 271; Miln. 1 (+catukkasiṅghāṭaka), 330 (do.); J. I, 425 (°raccha). (Page 260)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCaccara (चच्चर).—(m. or nt.; = Pali id., Sanskrit catvara), square, four-crossroads: so it seems that the mss. must read, or intend, at Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 88.1 (verse), where KN sthitu catvarasmin (kept by WT without note), but with note over the final letter: ‘O. care the others caresmin’. This very imperfect annotation seems to mean that the Nepalese mss. have cac- caresmin (*cacaresmin or *caresmin would be unparallelled, morphologically and semantically incomprehensible, and metrically impossible); caccare, seemingly the reading of ‘O’ = Kashgar recension, would be metrically defective, lacking the necessary last syllable.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Caccara (चच्चर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Catvara.
2) Caccāra (चच्चार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Upālabh.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCaccara (ಚಚ್ಚರ):—
1) [noun] the quality of being quick, swift, prompt, etc.; quickness; swiftness.
2) [noun] the quality of being thoughtful, cautious; carefulness; meticulousness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Caccaram, Caccaramdale, Caccaravu.
Ends with: Pashcakcara.
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