Charu is a word derived from Sanskrit that refers to something beautiful, graceful and pure in a spiritual sense.
The word also means “one who is radiant and graceful”
And is often used in the
Ramayana for praising
Lord Rama
Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular ''avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Being ...
.
It refers to the kind of beauty that is out of this materialistic world and often refers to celestial bodies such as the full moon.
In a popular
Hindi poem, ''charu'' is used to describe the beauty of the moon-''Charu chandra ki chanchal kirne khel rahi thi jal-thal mein''.
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this poem means: "Charun Chandra's playful rays were playing in the water"
As a name
Charu is a popular name given to Hindu males and females and means divinely good looking and charming. Notable people with the name Charu include:
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Charu Majumdar
Charu Majumdar (Bengali: চারু মজুমদার; 15 May 1918 – 28 July 1972), popularly known as CM, was a Communist leader from India, and founder and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). Born in ...
: The founder of
Naxalbari Andolan in India
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Charulata: Eponymous protagonist of
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...
's movie
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Charu space Charu (Tibetan: ཆ་རུ། Chinese: 迦入空间) is coffee shop, event center, Tibetan handicrafts shop and working space in Chengdu, China. It is operated by Tibetan nomads.
It purveys various tea and coffee beverages, such as yak milk cof ...
: a Tibetan style coffee shop and event center in
Chengdu
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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.
In
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
,
rasam is known as charu.
References
Sanskrit words and phrases
Sanskrit-language names
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