Dictionary meanings for carama from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [car-amac Uṇ. 5. 69] 1 Last, ultimate, final; caramā kriyā ‘the final or funeral ceremony.’
2 Pos- terior, back; pṛṣṭhaṃ tu caramaṃ tanoḥ Ak.
3 Old (as age).
4 Outermost.
5 Western, west.
6 Lowest, least. maṃ ind. At last; at the end. Comp. acalaḥ, adriḥ, kṣmābhṛt m. the west- ern mountain behind which the sun and moon are supposed to set. a- vasthā the last state (old age). kā- laḥ the...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. (nom. pl. me, or mās Pa1n2. 1-1, 33) f (ā) n. (in comp. Pa1n2. 2-1, 58) last, ultimate, final RV. vii, 59, 3; viii, 20, 14; TS. i, v; BhP. &c (mā kriyā, the [ final i.e. ] funeral ceremony MBh. iv, 834) 390,1 72358 m. the outermost (first or last, opposed to the middle one) RV. viii, 61, 15 390,1 72359 m. later KapS. i, 72 390,1 72360 m. (maṃ kiṃ, what more? Prasannar. v, 3/4) 390,1 72361
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