Alternative spellings of this word include Upachar.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upacar (उपचर्).—1 P.

1) (a) To serve, wait or attend upon; गिरिशमुपचचार (giriśamupacacāra) Kumārasambhava 1.6; निमित्तज्ञान् (nimittajñān) K.64; Manusmṛti 3.193, 4.254; सममुपचर भद्रे सुप्रियं चाप्रियं च (samamupacara bhadre supriyaṃ cāpriyaṃ ca) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.31; K.326. (b) To honour, worship; प्रतिमाः पूजासत्कारेणोपचर्यन्ते (pratimāḥ pūjāsatkāreṇopacaryante) K.4,323; V.3.

2) To treat, deal with, act towards; entertain; मित्रत्वेन उपचरितस्य (mitratvena upacaritasya) Daśakumāracarita 71 treated as a friend; भोजनादिना मामुपाचरत् (bhojanādinā māmupācarat) 77,117; तां प्रियसखीमिवोपाचरत् (tāṃ priyasakhīmivopācarat) 134; उपाचरत् कृत्रिमसंविधाभिः (upācarat kṛtrimasaṃvidhābhiḥ) R.14.17 honoured or entertained; 5.62; स्थाने इयं देवीशब्देनोपचर्यते (sthāne iyaṃ devīśabdenopacaryate) V.3. honoured with the title of queen. तत्रभवन्तो युवत्वेनोपचर्यमाणाः प्रीता भवन्ति (tatrabhavanto yuvatvenopacaryamāṇāḥ prītā bhavanti) Mahābhārata IV.1.163.

3) To attend on (as a patient), treat, tend, nurse; यत्नादुपचर्यताम् (yatnādupacaryatām) Ś.3; मन्त्रवादिभिरुपचर्यमाणः (mantravādibhirupacaryamāṇaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.

4) To approach, go towards.

5) To undertake, begin (mostly Vedic in these senses). -pass. To be used figuratively or metaphorically, be applied figuratively to any one (with loc.); तस्माच्चेतनवदुपचर्यते (tasmāccetanavadupacaryate) Ś. B.; पर एवात्मा बालैः शारीर इत्युपचर्यते (para evātmā bālaiḥ śārīra ityupacaryate) ibid; कालोऽयं द्विपरार्धाख्यो निमेष उपचर्यते (kālo'yaṃ dviparārdhākhyo nimeṣa upacaryate) Bhāg.; भुक्ता ब्राह्मणा इत्यत्र अन्नस्य भुक्तत्वं ब्राह्मणेषूपचर्यते (bhuktā brāhmaṇā ityatra annasya bhuktatvaṃ brāhmaṇeṣūpacaryate) Malli. on Kirātārjunīya 1.1.; Bṛ. S.5.15; प्रत्यासत्त्या उपचर्य योज्यते (pratyāsattyā upacarya yojyate) K. P.

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Upācar (उपाचर्).—1 P.

1) To approach, युवोरुषा अनु श्रियं परिज्मनोरुपाचरत् (yuvoruṣā anu śriyaṃ parijmanorupācarat) Ṛgveda 1.46.14.

2) To attend or wait upon, serve, be attached to.

3) To be obedient or humble.

4) To treat (in medic. also); ज्वरान् (jvarān) &c.

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

Upacar (उपचर्).—come near, approach, wait on ([accusative]), attend, treat with ([instrumental]), undertake, begin.

Upacar is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and car (चर्).

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

1) Upacar (उपचर्):—[=upa-√car] [Parasmaipada] -carati, to go towards, come near, approach, [Ṛg-veda vii, 46, 2; Taittirīya-saṃhitā v, 7, 6, 1; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to come near, wait upon, serve, attend, assist, bear a hand, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Mṛcchakaṭikā; Daśakumāra-carita] etc.;

—to approach, set about, undertake, perform, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā iii, 1, 6, 1; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to attend on (a patient), physic (a person), treat, tend, nurse, [Suśruta; Pañcatantra];

—to use figuratively or metaphorically, apply figuratively (generally [Passive voice] -caryate), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha etc.]

2) Upācar (उपाचर्):—[=upā-√car] [Parasmaipada] -carati, to come near to, approach, [Ṛg-veda i, 46, 14; 187, 3; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii, iv];

2) —to attend upon, wait on, serve, be obedient, [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata ii, 408];

2) —to physic, [Suśruta]

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

Upacar (उपचर्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvacara, Uvayara.

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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: Upa, Car.

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Ends with: Samupacar.

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