Alternative spellings of this word include Chancharika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cañcarīka (चञ्चरीक).—A large black bee; चुलुकयति मदीयां चेतनां चञ्चरीकः (culukayati madīyāṃ cetanāṃ cañcarīkaḥ) R. G.; कुन्दलताया विमुक्तमकरन्दरसाया अपि चञ्च- रीकः । प्रणयप्ररूढप्रेमभरभञ्जनकातरभावभीतः (kundalatāyā vimuktamakarandarasāyā api cañca- rīkaḥ | praṇayaprarūḍhapremabharabhañjanakātarabhāvabhītaḥ) || Vb.1.4; Vikr. 1.2; Bv.1.48.

Derivable forms: cañcarīkaḥ (चञ्चरीकः).

See also (synonyms): cañcarī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cañcarīka (चञ्चरीक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A large black bee. E. car to go, reduplicated, num inserted, īkan Unadi aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cañcarīka (चञ्चरीक).—[masculine] bee.

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

Cañcarīka (चञ्चरीक):—[from cañcarī] m. idem, [Bālarāmāyaṇa v, 30; Prasannarāghava; Dhūrtanartaka etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cañcarīka (चञ्चरीक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A large black bee.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Cañcarīka (चञ्चरीक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Caṃcarīa, Caccaria.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Caṃcarīka (ಚಂಚರೀಕ):—[noun] any hymenopterous insect of the super-family Apoidea, with broad-body, four-wings, biting as well as sucking mouthparts, that collect pollen and nectar from various flowers, and usu. live in organized colonies, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.; a bee.

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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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