Caragriha, Caragṛha, Cara-griha: 4 definitions

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Caragriha 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.

The Sanskrit term Caragṛha can be transliterated into English as Caragrha or Caragriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Charagriha.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Caragriha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Caragṛha (चरगृह).—the zodiacs of मेष, कर्क, तुला (meṣa, karka, tulā) and मकर (makara).

Derivable forms: caragṛham (चरगृहम्).

Caragṛha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cara and gṛha (गृह).

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

Caragṛha (चरगृह):—[=cara-gṛha] [from cara > car] n. a moving or varying sign of the zodiac, id est. the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] vci, 3 and 14 [Laghujātaka, by Varāha-mihira]

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Caragriha in German

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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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