Alternative spellings of this word include Prachar.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pracar (प्रचर्).—1 P.

1) To walk about, stalk forth.

2) To go or issue forth, appear.

3) To roam, wander over.

4) To reach, arrive at.

5) To spread, circulate, be prevalent or current.

6) To prevail (as a custom).

7) To undertake, set about (anything), proceed to work; चिकित्सकानां सर्वेषां मिथ्या प्रचरतां दमः (cikitsakānāṃ sarveṣāṃ mithyā pracaratāṃ damaḥ) Manusmṛti 9.284.

8) To do, perform.

9) To behave, act towards, treat.

1) To be engaged in.

11) To thrive, prosper. -Caus.

1) To cause or allow to roam.

2) To turn out to graze.

3) To make public.

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

Pracar (प्रचर्).—come forth, appear, succeed, thrive; go towards, arrive at, reach, visit; proceed, undertake, begin; be active or busy with (loc); perform, do.

Pracar is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and car (चर्).

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

Pracar (प्रचर्):—[=pra-√car] [Parasmaipada] -carati ([Epic] also [Ātmanepada] te), to proceed towards, go or come to, arrive at ([accusative]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to come forth, appear, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to roam, wander, [Prabodha-candrodaya; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to circulate, be or become current (as a story), [Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira];

—to set about, perform, discharge ([especially] sacred functions, with [instrumental case] of the object or of the means employed), [Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to be active or busy, be occupied or engaged in ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to proceed, behave, act in peculiar manner, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to come off, take place, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :

—[Causal] -cārayati, to allow to roam, turn out to graze, [Harivaṃśa];

—to make public, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Pracar (प्रचर्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Payara.

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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: Pra, Car.

Starts with (+4): Pracara, Pracaragolisu, Pracaraka, Pracarakarya, Pracaraki, Pracaramadhyama, Pracarana, Pracarani, Pracaraniya, Pracaraprasara, Pracarasadhana, Pracarat, Pracarate, Pracari, Pracarika, Pracarin, Pracarini, Pracarisu, Pracarita, Pracaritavya.

Ends with: Sampracar.

Full-text: Payara, Pracarin, Pracara, Pracaraniya, Pracaritavya, Pracarana, Pracaritos, Pracarita, Pracarani, Sampracar, Pracarya, Mithya, Pra.

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