Pāli Dictionary

carita

carrootitasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

car1act; behave

Synonyms

cārī

general

  • conduct; behaviour; way of life

  • Dhp 330

    ekassa caritaṃ seyyo, n'atthi bāle sahāyatā, eko care na ca pāpāni kayirā, app'ossukko mātaṅg'araññ'eva nāgo.

doctrine

  • (one’s) natural disposition; temperament (as in the six types of temperament of Vism, e.g. rāga-carita “the lustful type”)

  • MN 93

    caritaṃ kho pana bhotā assalāyanena paribbājakan'ti.

caritar

carrootitarsuffix

via inflected form caritā · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

car1act; behave

general

  • one who performs; a practitioner (of something)

  • MN 12

    abhijānāmi kho pan'āhaṃ, sāriputta, caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ brahmacariyaṃ caritā, tapassī sudaṃ homi paramatapassī, lūkho sudaṃ homi paramalūkho, jegucchī sudaṃ homi paramajegucchī, pavivitto sudaṃ homi paramapavivitto.

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