adjectif : errant, vivant, allant, se comportant, (faisant) toujours …
cāraka (cārika) (adj.) wandering about, living, going, behaving, always – ˚, like ākāsa˚, niketa˚, pure˚ (see pubbangama), vana˚, – f. cārikā journey, wandering, esp. as cārikaṃ carati to go on alms – pilgrimage (see carati ib) Vin i.83; J i.82; ii.286; Dh 326; Miln 14, 22; ˚ñ pakkamati to set out wandering J i.87; Miln 16. ↔ S i.199; M i.117; A iii.257; DA i.239 sq. (in detail on two cārikā); VvA 165; EnA 295 (unchā˚).
Les termes cāraka/cārikā existent en sanskrit mais dans une signification différente : cāraka [agt. car] a. m. n. f. cārikā qui met en mouvement | associé, compagnon — m. cārika ifc. qui pratique <iic.> — f. cārikā dame de compagnie.