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Sanskrit word and name

RomanisationChāru

GenderMale and Female

MeaningSweet

Charu is a Sanskrit word that means 'sweet'.^[1]

Charu is a popular name given to Hindu women and men. Notable people with the name Charu include:

Other meanings

In Sanskrit, charu is the name of a flower.

Charu is a sweet porridge-like foodstuff offered as ahuti (offering) in the Yajnas.

Charu Hasini, or 'sweet smiler', is an epithet of the goddess Rukmini.^[2]

In Telugu, the dish rasam is known as charu. In Kannada, it is known as saru or sar.

↑ Copson, Andrew; Grayling, A. C. (27 April 2015). The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism. John Wiley & Sons. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-118-79334-3.
↑ Kapoor, Subodh (2004). A Dictionary of Hinduism: Including Its Mythology, Religion, History, Literature, and Pantheon. Cosmo Publications. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-7755-874-6.

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Puja	Abhisheka Bhog Panchamakara Panchamrita Parikrama Pranāma Prasada Pushpanjali
Homa	Yajna Agnicayana Agnihotra Agnikaryam Aupasana Dhuni Kamyakarma Pravargya Purushamedha Putrakameshti Viraja Homa
Other	Achamana Ashirvada Ashvamedha Karmakāṇḍa Kumbhabhishekham Nityakarma Ngejot Panchayatana puja Prana Pratishtha Sandhyavandanam Shuddhi Śrauta Tarpana Upakarma

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