Alternative spellings of this word include Charitavin.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Caritāvin (चरिताविन्) or Caritavant.—q.v.: bodhisattvacaryāṃ ca caritavatāṃ protsāhanārthaṃ Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 241.3, and to instigate those who have pursued the course of the Bodhisattvas.

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Caritāvin (चरिताविन्).—adj. and quasi-pple. (§ 22.51; compare carita- vant), having followed the (true religious) course (sc., normally, of Bodhisattvas; see s.v. cari): bodhisattvacar- yā-caritāvinaḥ (n. pl.) Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 120.16; dārako 'smin dharma- paryāye caritāvī (only two mss.; most mss. caritavān) Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 464.1 (prose), pursued the religious course in (studying) this dh°; bahubuddhaśatasahasra-caritāvino (n. pl.) Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 180.9 having pursued the course of (under ?) many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas; text not certain in Mahāvastu ii.218.14, Senart, vayaṃ pi ugratapacīrṇa-(v.l. °tīrṇaṃ) -caritāvino (mss. °tāvīna), we have followed the right religious course in that we have pursued (? cīrṇa) severe austerities (a forest ascetic speaks); in absolute use, without dependent noun, caritāvino hi te bhikṣavaḥ Lalitavistara 404.19, for these monks have pursued the (true religious) course.

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