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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 1317, col. 1.
    ava-caraka m. a footman, runner, Divyāv.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 71, col. 2.
    avacaraka Adj. Botendienste tuend, m. Bote, Kundschafter, Divyāv. 32, 25; 127, 26.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 71, col. 1.
    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.