As a Hindi name
चारक · noun · masculine
गाय भैंस चरानेवाला । चरवाहा · चलानेवाल । संचारक · गति । चाल — Śabdasāgara
चारक · adj
चार एक । थोडे — Śabdasāgara
चारक · ćārak · s.m.
A spy, a secret agent ( = ćār, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 417
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a spy, and
Verified derivationMultiple readings (14)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "cāraka" is derived from "cāra" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
cāra m. (√ car) = cara, a spy, Mn. vii, ix; MBh. i, 5604; R.; Mṛcch.; Kathās.
going, motion, progression, course (of asterisms, VarBṛS.; BhP. v, 22, 12), ChUp. vii, 1, 5; R. &c.
cāraka mfn. ifc. proceeding, R. iii, 66, 18
(√ car, Caus.) setting in motion, MBh. xiv, 42, 29
Dictionary citations
cāraka mfn. ifc. proceeding, R. iii, 66, 18
(√ car, Caus.) setting in motion, MBh. xiv, 42, 29
composed by Caraka, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 107, Kāś.
cāraka m. a spy, MBh. ii, 172 (Pañcat. ii) and iv, 911
(√ car, Caus. Pāṇ. vii, 3, 34, Kāś.) a driver, herdsman (cf. go-), L.
cāra m. (√ car) = cara, a spy, Mn. vii, ix; MBh. i, 5604; R.; Mṛcch.; Kathās.
going, motion, progression, course (of asterisms, VarBṛS.; BhP. v, 22, 12), ChUp. vii, 1, 5; R. &c.
Alternative readings
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