[ācar-bhāve ghañ] 1 Con- duct, behaviour, manner of action or of conducting oneself; sadācāraḥ good conduct; nīcaº &c.; lokācāravivarjitāḥ Pt. 5. 40 ignorant of the ways of the world.

2 Good conduct or be- haviour; Bg. 16. 7; Ms. 1. 109, 5. 4, 3. 165.

3 A custom, usage, prac- tice; tasmindeśe ya ācāraḥ pāraṃparyakramā- gataḥ Ms. 2. 18; Y. 1. 342.

4 An established usage, fixed rule of con- duct in life,...