-cārika (6213)

{{DictEntry
|bhs-headword=-cārika
|bhs-entry-num=6213
|bhs-page-num=228
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|bhs-entry=<k1>cArika<k2>-cArika<br><b>-cārika</b>¦, adj. or subst. m. (= Skt. and Pali -cārin, ifc.; see also <b>piṇḍa-cārika</b>), <i>moving; practising</i>: pattra- cārikā ṛddhyā harita-cārikā bhājana-cārikāś cāgatāḥ Divy 45.17; similarly 45.20; it seems clear that the reference [Page228-b+ 71] is to persons who magically <i>ride</i> or <i>move</i> thru the air on <i>leaves</i>, some sort of <i>plants</i> or <i>trees</i> (harita, cf. Skt. haritaka), and <i>jars</i> (bhājana), cf. 45.27--30. Acc. to Burnouf, Introd. 261 note 2, Tib. renders -cārikā(ḥ) by ḥdri ma, which the Dictt. of Tib. do not interpret satisfactorily; I suggest dri bo, <i>magician</i>. Tib. renders harita by śiṅ tshe, ap- parently some tree or shrub. There is a v.l. -vārika, which pw 7.365 adopts for bhājana-cārika, identifying it with °vārika in Mvy 9069, which however means something like <i>superintendent of vessels</i> and cannot be intended in the Divy passage. In Śikṣ 332.4 cārika seems to mean <i>practiser, follower</i> (cf. Skt. and Pali cārin), sc. of a heretical religion.
|dictionary=Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary
}}