catur चतुर् – four

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catur ·(°--) -> catvār.

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catur catur, catvāras m. pl., catvāri n. pl. (said to be fr. rt. cat), four. In Vedic Sanskrit the inst., dat., abl., and loc. have the accent on the penultimate; in the later language either on the penultimate or on the last syllable. A Vedic form of the gen. pl. fem. catasṝṇām for catasṛṇām occurs sometimes in Epic poetry; [cf. Gr. τέσσαρες, τέτταρες; Æol. πίσυρες; Goth. fidvor; Cambro- Brit. pedwar, pedair; Lat. quatuor; Lith. keturi; Slav. cetyrje; Hib. ceathair, ceteora; Zend cathru.]

Original text · German · adverb

catur erscheint als geschwächtes Thema in der Declination und in Ableitungen von catvar, so wie auch am Anfange von compp.; s. catvar. Das adv. s. u. catus.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

catvár (schwach catúr) m. n. Pl. vier. Vgl. catasar. Bisweilen ungenau auch mit einem Fem. verbunden.

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catur s. catvar.

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catur num. a. [cat-uran Uṇ. 5. 58] (always in pl.; catvāraḥ m.; catasraḥ f.; catvāri n.) Four; catvāro vayamṛtvijaḥ Ve. 1. 25; catasro'vasthā bālyaṃ kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ vārdhakaṃ ceti; catvāri śṛṃgā trayo asya pādāḥ &c.; śeṣān māsān gamaya caturo locane mīlayitvā Me. 110. — ind. Four times. [cf. Zend chathru; Gr. tessares; L. quatuor]. [In comp. the r of catura is changed to a visarga (which in some cases becomes ś, ṣ or s, or remains unchanged) before words beginning with hard consonants]. Comp. — aṃśaḥ a fourth part. — aṃga a. having 4 members, quadripartite. — (gaṃ) 1 a complete army consisting of elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry; eko hi khaṃjanavaro nalinīdalastho dṛṣṭaḥ karoti caturaṃgabalādhipatyaṃ Ś. Til. 4; caturaṃgabalo rājā jagatīṃ vaśamānayet . ahaṃ paṃcāṃgabalavānākāśaṃ vaśamānaye Subhāṣ. 2 a sort of chess. — aṃgin a. having four parts. — (nī) a complete army, see caturaṃga. — agulaṃ 1 the four fingers of the hand. 2 four fingers broad. — aṃta a. bordered on all sides; bhūtvā cirāya caturaṃtamahīsapatnī Ś. 4. 19. — aṃtā the earth. — aśīta a. eighty-fourth. — aśīti a. or f. eighty four. — aśra, — asra a. (for aśri-sri) 1 four cornered, quadrangular; R. 6. 10. 2 symmetrical, regular or handsome in all parts; babhūva tasyāścaturasraśobhi vapuḥ Ku. 1. 32. — (śraḥ, -sraḥ) 1 a square. ([Page 0483-a]) 2 a quadrangular figure. 3 (in astr.) N. of the fourth and eighth lunar mansions. — ahaṃ a period of four days. — ātman m. N. of Viṣṇu. — ānanaḥ, -mukhaḥ an epithet of Brahmā; itaratāpaśatāni yathecchayā vitara tāni sahe caturānana Udb. — āśramaṃ the four orders or stages of the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa. — uttara a. increased by four. — uṣaṇaṃ the four hot spices, i. e. black pepper, long pepper, dry ginger, and the root of long pepper. — karṇa ( catuṣkarṇa) a. heard by two persons only; Pt. 1. 99. — koṇa (catuṣkoṇa) a. square, quadrangular. — (ṇaḥ) a square, tetragon, any quadrilateral figure. — gatiḥ 1 the Supreme Soul. 2 a tortoise. — gavaḥ a carriage drawn by four oxen. — guṇa a. four times, four-fold, quadruple. — catvāriṃśata (catuścatvāriṃśat) a. forty-four; ˚riṃśa — śattama forty-fourth. — ṇavata(caturnavata) a. ninety-fourth, or with ninety-fouradded; caturṇavataṃ śataṃ ‘one hundred and ninety-four’. — daṃtaḥ an epithet of Airāvata, the elephant of Indra. — daśa a. fourteenth. — daśan a. four teen. ˚ratnāni (pl.) the fourteen ‘jewels’ churned out of the ocean; (their names are contained in the following popular Maṅgalāṣṭaka: -lakṣmīḥ kaustubhapārijātakasurā dhanvaṃtariścaṃdramā gāvaḥ kāmadughāḥ sureśvaragajo raṃbhādidevāṃganāḥ . aśvaḥ saptamukho viṣaṃ haridhanuḥ śaṃkho'mṛtaṃ cābudhe ratnānīha caturdaśa pratidinaṃ kuryuḥ sadā maṃgalaṃ ..). ˚vidyā (pl.) the fourteen lores; (they are: -ṣaḍaṃgamiśritā vedā dharmaśāstraṃ purāṇakaṃ . mīmāṃsā tarkamapi ca etā vidyāścaturdaśa ..). — daśī the fourteenth day of a lunar fortnight. — diśaṃ the four quarters taken collectively. — diśaṃ ind. towards the four quarters, on all sides. — dolaḥ -laṃ a royal litter. — dvāraṃ 1 a house with four entrances on four sides. 2 four doors taken collectively. — navati a. or f. ninety-four. — paṃca a. ( catuḥpaṃca or catuṣpaṃca) four or five. — paṃcāśat f. (catu paṃcāśat or catuṣpaṃcāśat) fifty-four. — pathaḥ (catuḥpathaḥ or catuṣpathaḥ) ( — thaṃ also) a place where four roads meet, a crossway; Ms. 4. 39, Ms. 9. 264. — (thaḥ) a Brāhmaṇa. — pada a. (catuṣpada) 1 having four feet. 2 consisting of four limbs. — (daḥ) a quadruped. — (dī) ([Page 0483-b]) a stanza of four lines; padya catuṣpadī tacca vṛttaṃ jātiriti dvidhā Chand. M. 1. — pāṭhī (catuṣpāṭhī) a school for Brāhmaṇas in which the four Vedas are taught and repeated. — pāṇiḥ (canuṣpāṇiḥ) an epithet of Viṣṇu. — pād -da (catuṣya d-da) a. 1 quadruped. 2 consisting of four members or parts. ( — m.) 1 a quadruped. 2 (in law.) a judicial procedure (trial of suits) consisting of four processes; i. e. plea, defence, rejoinder, and judgment. — pārśvaṃ the four sides of a square. — bāhuḥ an epithet of Viṣṇu. ( — hu n.) a square. — bhadraṃ the aggregate of the four ends of human life (puruṣārtha); i. e. dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa. — bhāgaḥ the fourth part, a quarter. — bhāvaḥ N. of Viṣṇu. — bhuja a. 1 quadrangular. 2 having four arms, Bg. 11. 46. — (jaḥ) 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu; R. 16. 3. 2 a quadrangular figure. 3 square. — (jaṃ) a square. — māsaṃ a period of four months. (reckoned from the 11th day in the bright half of āṣāḍha to the 11th day in the bright half of kārtika). — mukha having four faces. — (khaḥ) an epithet of Brahmā; tvattaḥ sarvaṃ caturmukhāt R. 10. 22. — (khaṃ) 1 four faces; Ku. 2. 17. 2 a house with four entrances. — maṃḍalaṃ a four-fold arrangement (of troops &c.). — yugaṃ the aggregate of the four Yugas or ages of the world. — rātraṃ (catūrātraṃ) an aggregate of four nights. — vaktraḥ an epithet of Brahmā. — vargaḥ the four ends of human life taken collectively (puruṣārtha); i. e. dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa; R. 10. 22. — varṇaḥ 1 the four classes or castes of the Hindus; i. e. brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra; caturvarṇamayo lokaḥ R. 10. 22. 2 four principal colours. — varṣikā a cow four years old. — viṃśa a. 1 twenty-fourth. 2 having twenty-four added; as caturviṃśaṃ śataṃ (124). — viṃśati a. or f. twenty-four. — viṃśatika a. consisting of twenty-four. — vidya a. one who has studied the four Vedas. — vidyā the four Vedas. — vidha a. of four sorts or kinds, four-fold. — veda a. familiar with the four Vedas. — (daḥ) the Supreme Soul. — vyūhaḥ N. of Viṣṇu. — (haṃ) medical science. — śālaṃ (catuḥśālaṃ, catuśśālaṃ, catuḥśālī, catuśśālī) a square of four buildings, ([Page 0483-c]) a quadrangle enclosed by four buildings; alaṃ catuḥśālamimaṃ pravaṃśya Mk. 3. 7. — ṣaṣṭi a. or f. 1 sixty-four. 2 N. for the Ṛgveda containing 64 Adhyāyas. ˚kalāḥ (pl.) the sixtyfour arts. — saptati a. or f. seventyfour. — samaṃ an unguent of four things, sandal, agallochum, saffron and musk. — sīmā the boundaries on all four sides. — hāyana, -ṇa a. four years old; (the f. of this word ends in ā if it refers to an inanimate object, and in ī if it refers to an animal). — hotrakaṃ the four priests taken collectively.

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catur (˚—) = catvār.

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catur catur [m. catvāras; f. catasras; n. catvāri] quatre. Zd. catvāro; lat. quatuor; lith. keturi; irland. ceathair; gr. [Page237-2] τέτταρες. — Au n. catur advt. quatre fois; lat. quater; zd. cathrus.