avacaraka 1 · avacaraka 2
Avacaraka and ocaraka (adjective/noun) [from avacara1. only in compound kāmāvacarika as adjective to kāmāvacara, belonging to the sphere of sense experiences, Saddh 254.2. Late form of ocaraka, spy, only in commentary on Thag 315 ff. quoted in Ps.B. 189, note 3. Occurs in BHS (Divy 127). {82}
avacaraka , ( 1 ) m. (= Pali id. ), messenger , (secret) agent : Mvy 3807 = Tib. bya ma rta , courier ( v.l. apa°, but Mironov ava° without v.l. ); Divy 32.25 ; 127.26 ; 287.3 ; ( 2 ) ( m. ?) in Gv 522.1 tac ca gṛhaṃ vā avacarakaṃ vā vipulaṃ paśyet, and he would see (in his dream) that house or locality (? the preceding sentence is our only clue to the mg. and it is so general that it gives little help) as vast . Is it a ka-derivative of avacara (physical) domain? Or an otherwise unrecorded word for some kind of building? Ratnach. records AMg. ocāra (= avacāra), a granary or store-house of grain , which does not fit our context.
【三】 間諜，壞性格。
(adj, adj, in comps, from avacara) who moves within a certain field or domain [lit.] moving down Construction: ava + √car + a + ka avacara + ka
(masc, masc, from avacarati) spy [lit.] going down Construction: ava + √car + aka