Alternative spellings of this word include Dharmacharin.

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Dharmacārin (धर्मचारिन्).—(1) name of a devaputra: Lalitavistara 204.5; 205.17; 209.2, 8; (2) name of one of the 4 devatās of the Bodhivṛkṣa: Lalitavistara 401.22.

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

Dharmacārin (धर्मचारिन्).—adj. virtuous, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 2, 19.

Dharmacārin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and cārin (चारिन्).

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

Dharmacārin (धर्मचारिन्).—[adjective] virtuous (cf. [preceding]); [feminine] ṇī a (virtuous) wife.

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

1) Dharmacārin (धर्मचारिन्):—[=dharma-cārin] [from dharma > dhara] mfn. observing the l°, fulfilling one’s duties, virtuous, dutiful, moral, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] of a Deva-putra, [Lalita-vistara]

4) [v.s. ...] of a deity of the Bodhi tree, [ib.]

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

Dharmacārin (धर्मचारिन्):—[dharma-cārin] (rī-riṇī-ri) a. Virtuous. f. A virtuous woman or wife.

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

Dharmacārin (धर्मचारिन्):—(dharma + cā)

1) adj. das Gesetz beobachtend, die Pflichten erfüllend, tugendhaft [Mahābhārata 3, 16637.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 2, 19.] [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 45.] Beiname Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra] —

2) m. Nomen proprium einer buddh. Gottheit [Rgva tch’er rol pa 196. 197. 374.] —

3) f. ṇī eine Gefährtin bei Erfüllung der Pflichten [?(Śākuntala 57, 23], v.l. für saha), insbes. die gemeinsam mit dem Manne die Pflichten erfüllende Gattin, Ehegefährtin (vgl. sahadharmiṇī, sahadharmacāriṇī) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Vikramorvaśī 87, 3.] — Vgl. saha .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Dharmacārin (धर्मचारिन्):——

1) Adj. die Pflichten erfüllen , tugendhaft. —

2) m. — a) Beiname Śiva's. — b) Nomen proprium — α) eines Devaputra [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 249,9.] — β) einer Gottheit des Bodhivṛkṣa [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 522,10.] —

3) f. riṇī eine Gefährtin bei der Erfüllung der Pflichten , insbes. die gemeinsam mit dem Gatten die Pflichten erfüllende Gattin , Ehegefährtin.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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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Partial matches: Carin, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Story of how Dharmarakta sacrifices himself for a stanza < [Chapter XXVII - The Virtue of Exertion]

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Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 35 - Śiva-sahasranāma: the thousand names of Śiva < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]

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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]

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