Bakavratacara, Baka-vratacara: 2 definitions
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Bakavratacara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Bakavratachara.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBakavratacara (बकव्रतचर).—m. 'acting like a crane', a false devotee, religious hypocrite; अधोदृष्टिर्नैष्कृतिकः स्वार्थसाधनतत्परः । शठो मिथ्याविनीतश्च बकव्रतचरो द्विजः (adhodṛṣṭirnaiṣkṛtikaḥ svārthasādhanatatparaḥ | śaṭho mithyāvinītaśca bakavratacaro dvijaḥ) || Manusmṛti 4.196.
Derivable forms: bakavratacaraḥ (बकव्रतचरः).
Bakavratacara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms baka and vratacara (व्रतचर). See also (synonyms): bakacara, bakavṛtti, bakavratika, bakavratin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBakavratacara (बकव्रतचर):—[=baka-vrata-cara] [from baka-vrata > baka] m. = next, [Manu-smṛti]
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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Partial matches: Vratacara, Baka, Bakavrata, Cara.
Full-text: Bakavrata, Bakavratika, Bakavratin, Bakacara, Bakavritti.
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