cAritraM [ car-Ritran Uṇ. 4. 171 ; caritrameva svArTe aR vA ] (also written cAritryaM ) 1 Conduct, behaviour, manner of acting. 2 Good name or character, reputation, probity, uprightness, good conduct; anftaM nABiDAsyAmi cAritraBraMSakAraRaM Mk. 3. 26 , 25 ; cAritryavihIna AQyopi ca durgato Bavati 1. 43. 3 Chastity, purity of life (of women). 4 Disposition, temperament. 5 Peculiar observance or practice. 6 Hereditary observance. — trA The tamarind tree. Comp. — kavaca a. clad in the armour of chastity. — devatA the presiding deity of virtue or chastity; U. 7.