Anucari, Aṉucari, Aṉucāri: 4 definitions

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Anucari means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Tamil. 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 Anuchari.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anucari in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

anucari : (aor. of anucarati) followed; practised.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anucarī (अनुचरी):—[=anu-carī] [from anu-cara > anu-car] f. a female attendant.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anucari (ಅನುಚರಿ):—[noun] a fem. companion, friend.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anucari in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Aṉucari (அனுசரி) [aṉucarittal] 11 transitive verb < anu-sara.

1. To follow, practise; பின்பற்றுதல். [pinparruthal.]

2. To support, second; ஆமோதித்தல். சாத்தனை யனுசரித் துப் பேசுகிறான். [amothithal. sathanai yanusarith thup pesugiran.]

3. To worship, reverence; வழிபடுதல். [vazhipaduthal.] (W.)

4. To celebrate, keep, as a day, observe, as a rite; கொண்டாடுதல். [kondaduthal.] (W.)

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Aṉucāri (அனுசாரி) noun < anu-sārin. Adherent, follower, usually in compounds; பின் பற்றுவோன். நேசானுசாரியாய் விவகரிப்பேன் [pin parruvon. nesanusariyay vivagarippen] (தாயுமானசுவாமிகள் பாடல் பரிபூர. [thayumanasuvamigal padal paripura.] 1).

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Aṉucāri (அனுசாரி) noun < anucārin Disciple; சீடன். [sidan.] Pond.

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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