Alternative spellings of this word include Sancharaka.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Sañcāraka (सञ्चारक).—A warrior of Subrahmaṇya. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 74).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Sañcāraka (सञ्चारक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A leader, a guide. 2. An instigator. 3. An orator. E. sam, car to go, causal v., ṇvul aff.

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

Sañcāraka (सञ्चारक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A leader, instigator, orator.

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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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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section 45 < [Shalya Parva]

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