Caracakshus, Cāracakṣus, Cara-cakshus: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Cāracakṣus can be transliterated into English as Caracaksus or Caracakshus, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Charachakshus.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cāracakṣus (चारचक्षुस्).—m. 'using spies as eyes', a king (or a statesman) who employs spies and sees through their medium; चारचक्षु- र्महीपतिः (cāracakṣu- rmahīpatiḥ) Manusmṛti 9.256; cf. Kāmandaka :-गावः पश्यन्ति गन्धेन वेदैः पश्यन्ति च द्विजाः । चारैः पश्यन्ति राजानश्चक्षुर्भ्यामितरे जनाः (gāvaḥ paśyanti gandhena vedaiḥ paśyanti ca dvijāḥ | cāraiḥ paśyanti rājānaścakṣurbhyāmitare janāḥ) || also Rām. :-यस्मात्पश्यन्ति दूरस्थाः सर्वानर्थान्नराधिपाः । चारेण तस्मादुच्यन्ते राजानश्चारचक्षुषः (yasmātpaśyanti dūrasthāḥ sarvānarthānnarādhipāḥ | cāreṇa tasmāducyante rājānaścāracakṣuṣaḥ) ||

Cāracakṣus is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cāra and cakṣus (चक्षुस्). See also (synonyms): cārekṣaṇa.

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

Cāracakṣus (चारचक्षुस्).—n.

(-kṣuḥ) Espionage. m.

(-kṣuḥ) One (a king, &c.) who employs spies. E. cāra and cakṣus eye. cāraścakṣurasya . nṛpe .

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

Cāracakṣus (चारचक्षुस्).—adj. seeing by means of spies, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 256.

Cāracakṣus is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cāra and cakṣus (चक्षुस्).

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

Cāracakṣus (चारचक्षुस्).—1. [neuter] a spy as the eye (of a king).

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Cāracakṣus (चारचक्षुस्).—2. [adjective] spy-eyed, i.e. using spies to see.

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

1) Cāracakṣus (चारचक्षुस्):—[=cāra-cakṣus] [from cāra] mfn. = -dṛś, [Manu-smṛti ix, 256; Rāmāyaṇa iii, 37, 9]

2) [v.s. ...] n. a spy employed like an eye, [Yājñavalkya ii, 3/4.]

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

Cāracakṣus (चारचक्षुस्):—[cāra-cakṣus] (kṣuḥ) 5. n. Espionage. a. Who keeps spies; a king.

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