Alternative spellings of this word include Charcharika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Carcarikā (चर्चरिका).—[carc-bā° aran gaurāṅīṣ]

1) A kind of song.

2) Striking the hands to beat time (in music).

3) The recitation of scholars.

4) Festive sport, festive cries or merriment.

5) A festival.

6) Flattery.

7) Curled hair.

8) Triple symphony.

9) Alternate recitation of a poem by two persons.

See also (synonyms): carcarī.

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Carcarīka (चर्चरीक).—

1) Śiva.

2) Decoration or curling of the hair.

Derivable forms: carcarīkaḥ (चर्चरीकः).

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

Carcarīka (चर्चरीक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A form of Siva. 2. A potherb. 3. Decorating or curling the hair. E. carcarī noise, &c. and ka who utters, from kai to sound, affix ḍa; or carca īkan some authorities sustitute barcarīka for this word.

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

Carcarikā (चर्चरिका).—i. e. carcarī + ka, f. A kind of gesture, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 55, 20.

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

Carcarikā (चर्चरिका).—[feminine] a kind of march or song.

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

1) Carcarikā (चर्चरिका):—[from car] f. a kind of gesture, [Vikramorvaśī iv.]

2) Carcarīka (चर्चरीक):—[from car] mfn. ifc. = rī, musical symphony, [Kathāsaritsāgara ciii, 200]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a pot-herb, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] (for barbar) decoration or curling of the hair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a form of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Carcarīka (चर्चरीक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A form of Shiva; a potherb; curling the hair.

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

Carcārikā (चर्चारिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Caccariyā.

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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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