Cara (n -- adj.) [from car, carati] 1. the act of going about, walking; one who walks or lives (usually -- ˚): oka˚ living in water M i.117; J vi.416; antara˚ S iv.173; eka˚ solitary Sn 166; saddhiŋ˚ a companion Sn 45; anattha˚ J v.433;jala˚ Dāvs iv.38. See also cāreti & gocara. -- Instr. carasā (adv.) walking M i.449. -- cara -- vāda "going about talk," gossip, idle talk S iii.12; v.419. -- sucara easy, duccara difficult Vin iii.26. -- 2. one who is sent on a message, a secret emissary, a spy S i.79. Also as carapurisa J ii.404; iv.343; vi.469; DhA i.193. <->Note. -- cara -- purāya at A v.133 should be changed into v. l. SS paramparāya.