Kshapacara, Kṣapācara, Kshapa-cara: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣapācara can be transliterated into English as Ksapacara or Kshapacara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kshapachara.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣapācara (क्षपाचर).—
1) night-stalker.
2) a demon, goblin; ततः क्षपौटः पृथुपिङ्गलाक्षैः (tataḥ kṣapauṭaḥ pṛthupiṅgalākṣaiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.3;5.64;8.56; दनुजः स्विदयं क्षपाचरो वा (danujaḥ svidayaṃ kṣapācaro vā) Kirātārjunīya 13.8; Rām.5.2.53.
Derivable forms: kṣapācaraḥ (क्षपाचरः).
Kṣapācara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣapā and cara (चर). See also (synonyms): kṣapāṭa.
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Kṣapācara (क्षपाचर).—a demon, goblin.
Derivable forms: kṣapācaraḥ (क्षपाचरः).
Kṣapācara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣapā and cara (चर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣapācara (क्षपाचर).—m.
(-raḥ) A fiend, a goblin. E. kṣapā, and cara who goes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣapācara (क्षपाचर).—[kṣapā-cara], m. A Rāk- ṣasa, or demon,
Kṣapācara (क्षपाचर).—[masculine] night-walker; night-animal or bird, a Rakṣas or goblin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣapācara (क्षपाचर):—[=kṣapā-cara] [from kṣapā > kṣap] m. ‘night-walker’, a Rakṣas, goblin, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Hemacandra’s Yoga-śāstra]
2) [v.s. ...] any animal that goes out for prey in the night (as owls, jackals, etc.), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā vli, 66.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣapācara (क्षपाचर):—[kṣapā-cara] (raḥ) 1. m. A goblin.
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