Carati [Vedic carati, *qṷel to move, turn, turn round (cp. kaṇṭha & kula)=Lat. colo (incolo), Gr. pe/lomai, po/los (also ai)po/los goat -- herd & bouko/los cowherd=gocara); also P. cakka, q. v. A doublet of car is cal, see calati Dhtp 243 expldcar by "gati -- bhakkhanesu"] to move about, to "live and move," to behave, to be. -- Imper. act. cara (J i.152), carā (metri causa, J iii.393); <-> imper. med. carassu (Sn 696), pl. carāmase (=exhortative, Sn 32); -- ppr. caranto (J i.152; PvA 14) & caraŋ (Sn 151; Dh 61, 305; It 117); med. caramāna (Vin i.83; Pv i.1010; PvA 160); -- pot. careyya (Sn 45, 386, 1065; Dh 142, 328) & care (Sn 35; Dh 49, 168, 329; It 120); -- fut. carissati (M i.428); -- aor. sg. 1st acariŋ (S iii.29), acārisaŋ (Pv iii.95), 3rd acari (Sn 344), acāri (Sn 354; Dh 326); cari (J ii.133). -- pl. 3rd acariŋsu (Sn 809), acārisuŋ (Sn 284); cariŋsu (Sn 289), acaruŋ (Sn 289), acāruŋ (J vi.114); -- inf. carituŋ (caritu -- kāma J ii.103); -- ger. caritvā (J i.50) & caritvāna (Sn 816); -- pp. ciṇṇa (q. v.) -- Caus. cāreti (=Denom. of cara), pp. carita. 2nd caus. carāpeti (q. v.). -- See also cara, caraṇa, cariyā, cāraka, cārikā, cārin.

Meaning: 1. Lit. (a) to move about, to walk, travel, etc.; almost synon. with gacchati in contrast to tiṭṭhati to stand still; cp. phrase carañ vā yadi vā tiṭṭhaŋ nisinno udāhu sayaŋ It 117 (walking, standing, sitting, reclining; the four iriyāpathā); care tiṭṭhe acche saye It 120; tiṭṭhaŋ caraŋ nisinno vā sayāno vā Sn 151. <-> Defined as "catūhi iriyāpathehi vicarati" (i. e. more generally applied as "behaviour," irrespective of position) DhA ii.36. Expl. constantly by series viharati iriyati vattati pāleti yapeti yāpeti Nd2 237. -- carāmi loke I move about (=I live) in the world Sn 25, 455; agiho c. I lead a homeless life Sn 456, 464; eko c. he keeps to himself Sn 35, 956; Dh 305, 329; sato c. he is mindful Sn 1054, 1085; gocaraŋ gaṇhanto c. to walk about grazing (see below) J iii.275; gavesanto c. to look for J i.61. -- (b) With definition of a purpose: piṇḍāya c. to go for alms (gāmaŋ to the village) Sn 386; bhikkhāya c. id. J iii.82. -- With acc. (in etymol. constr.) to undertake, set out for, undergo, or simply to perform, to do. Either with c. cārikaŋ to wander about, to travel: Vin i.83; S i.305 (applied: "walk ye a walk"); Sn 92; Dh 326; PvA 14 (janapada -- cārikaŋ), 160 (pabbata -- c˚ wandering over the mountains); or with cāraŋ: piṇḍa -- c.˚ carati to perform the begging -- round Sn 414; or with caritaŋ: duccaritaŋ c. to lead a bad life Sn 665 (see carita). Also with acc. of similar meaning, as esanaŋ c. to beg Th 1, 123; vadhaŋ c. to kill Th 1, 138; dukkhaŋ c. to undergo pain S i.210. <-> (c) In pregnant sense: to go out for food, to graze (as gocaraŋ c. to pasture, see gocara). Appl. to cows: caranti gāvo Sn 20; J iii.479; or to the bhikkhu: Pv i.1010 (bh. caramāno=bhikkhāya c. PvA 51); Sn 386 (vikāle na c. buddhā: the Buddhas do not graze at the wrong time). -- 2. Appld meaning: (a) abs. to behave, conduct oneself Sn 1080; J vi.114; Miln 25 (kāmesu micchā c. to commit immorality). -- (b) with obj. to practise, exercise, lead a life: brahmacariyaŋ c. to lead a life of purity Vin i.17; Sn 289, 566, 1128; dhammañ c. to walk in righteousness J i.152; sucaritaŋ c. to act rightly, duccaritaŋ c. to act perversely S i.94; Dh 231.