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caturचतुर्catúr °tvā́ras m. pl., °tvā́ri n. pl., 4 (acc. m. °túras instr. °túrbhis [for f., [R. iv, 39, 33]] gen. °turṇā́m abl. °túrbhyas; class. instr. dat. abl., and loc. also oxyt. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 180 f.]; ifc. [Kāś.] & [Siddh.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 55] and [98 ff.]; for f. See cátasṛ);
[cf. τέσσαρες, τέτταρες, Aeol. πίσυρες; Goth. fidvor; Lat. quatuor; Cambro-Brit. pedwar, pedair; Hib. ceathair; Lith. keturi; Slav. cetyrje.]
caturaचतुरmfn. ifc. = °túr (cf. upa- and tri-, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 77], Vārtt.; a-, vi-, su-, [Vop. vi, 29])
mf(A cf. g. arSa-Adi)n. (√ cat, [Uṇ.]) swift, quick, [Kathās. x, 108]; [Rājat. iii, 176]
dexterous, clever, ingenious, shrewd, [Ragh.]; [Vikr.]; [Kum.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
charming, agreeable, [Ragh.]; [Bhartṛ.]
visible, [L.]
m. a round pillow (cf. cāt°), [L.]
the fish Cyprinus Rohita, [Gal.]
(scil. hasta) a particular position of the hand, [PSarv.]
n. = -tā, g. arśa-ādi
an elephant's stable, [L.]
caturdhāचतुर्धाcatur—dhā́ ind. in 4 parts, fourfold, [RV. iv, 35, 2 f.]; [AV.]; [TS. ii]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]
[cf. τέτραχα; Hib. ceathardha]
caturthīचतुर्थी(ī), f. (scil. rātri) the 4th day in a lunar fortnight, [KātyŚr.]
(metrically °thi), [VarYogay. v, 8]
‘the 4th day of a marriage’, see °rthī-karman
(scil. vibhakti) the termination of the 4th case, dative case, [Pāṇ.]
= °tur-bhāgīyā, [Śulbas. iii, 26]
f. of °thá, q.v.
caturthaचतुर्थcaturthá mf(I/)n. (g. yājakādi, [Gaṇar. 100]) the 4th, [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.] &c.
caturthá m. the 4th letter in the first 5 classes of consonants (gh, jh, ḍh, dh, bh), [RPrāt.]; [VPrāt.], [Kāś.]
‘4th caste’, a Śūdra, [L.]
caturthá n. ‘constituting the 4th part’, a quarter, [Gaut. x, 38]
(for °tuṣṭaya; ifc.) a collection of 4 [Divyāv. xxxiii]
, [cf. τέταρτος; Lat. quartus; Lith. ketwirtas; Slav. cetvertyi; Germ. vierter.]
caturthá , °rthaka, °rya See p. 385.
caturthiचतुर्थिfor °thī, q.v.
caturamचतुरम्ind. (g. śarad-ādi) cf. ā-, upa-.
ind. quickly, [Kathās. ci, 96]; [Rājat. iii, 188.]
caturyaचतुर्यNom. P. °ryati (1st fut. °ryitā inf. °ryitum), to wish for 4 [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 78], Vārtt. 1.
caturthamचतुर्थम्caturthám (am), ind. the 4th time, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
caturagaचतुरगcatura—ga mfn. going quickly, [W.]
caturahaचतुरहcatur—ahá m. a period of 4 days, [ŚBr. iii, 4, 4, 27]; [KātyŚr. xiii]
a Soma sacrifice lasting 4 days, [ŚBr. xii, 2, 2, 12]; [KātyŚr. xxiii f.]; [Vait. xl f.] (cf. atri-c°.)
caturakaचतुरकmf(ikA)n. clever, skilful, [Kathās. ciii]
m. N. of a jackal, [Pañcat. i, 15, 35] and [16, 0/1] (cf. mahā-)
caturatāचतुरताcatura—tā f. cleverness, skilfulness, [Bhartṛ. i, 71.]
caturdatचतुर्दत्catur—dat m(nom. -dan)fn. four-toothed, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 141], [Kāś.]
caturdosचतुर्दोस्catur—dos mfn. four-armed, [Naiṣ. vii, 65.]
caturṛcaचतुरृचcatur—ṛcá mfn. possessing 4 Ṛc verses i.e. obtaining the merit suggested by them, [SaṃhUp.]
catur—ṛcá n. a hymn consisting of 4 verses, [AV. xix, 23, 1.]
caturikāचतुरिकाf. (= °tuṣka) a quadrangular courtyard (used for guests), [Pañcad. iv, 76]; [v, 45.]
(see caturaka) f. N. of a woman, [Śak. vi, 8/9] (in Prākṛt) and [13/14]; [Kathās. vi, 53]; [ciii, 20.]
caturyujचतुर्युज्catur—yúj mfn. put to (as oxen) in a yoke of 4 [RV. viii, 6, 48]
= -yukta, [ŚBr. v]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh. i], [vii]; [R. i.]
caturbhāgaचतुर्भागcatur—bhāgá m. the 4th part, quarter, [ŚBr. iii]; [KātyŚr. xxiv]; [Mn.] &c.
catur—bhāgá mf(A)n. forming the 4th part of (gen.), [Hcat.]
caturbhujaचतुर्भुजcatur—bhuja (in comp.) 4 arms, [BhP. iv], [vi]
catur—bhuja mf(A)n. four-armed, [MBh. iii, 16424]; [R. i]; [BhP. iv]
quadrangular
catur—bhuja m. Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (cf. [Bhag. xi, 46]), [R. vi]; [Ragh.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP. i]
N. of Gaṇeśa, [Gal.]
a quadrangular figure
N. of a Dānava, [Hariv. 12934]
of the instructor of (the author of a Comm. on [SkandaP.]) Rāmānanda
of the father of Śiva-datta
caturdhābhūचतुर्धाभूcatur—dhā—√ bhū to be divided into 4 parts, [AV. x, 10, 29]
caturdhākṛचतुर्धाकृcatur—dhā—√ kṛ to divide into 4 parts, [ib.]
caturdhātuचतुर्धातुcatur—dhātu mfn. fourfold (a term in music).
caturdharaचतुर्धरcatur—dhara m. N. of a family or race.
caturthakaचतुर्थकmfn. the 4th, [Śrut.]
returning every 4th day (a fever), quartan, τετραϊκός [Pāṇ. v, 2, 81]; [Hariv. 10555]; [Car.]; [Suśr.]
m. (in music) a kind of measure
caturthikāचतुर्थिकाf. a weight of 4 Karṣas, [ŚārṅgS. i, 24]; [Aṣṭāṅg. v, 6, 27.]
caturūdhnīचतुरूध्नीcatur—ūdhnī f. (Aditi) having 4 udders, [Kāṭh. xxx, 4.]
caturaṅgāचतुरङ्गाcátur—aṅgā f. (scil. senā) = °ṅga-bala, [AV.Pariś.]
caturaṅgaचतुरङ्गcátur—aṅga (cát°), mfn. having 4 limbs (or extremities), [RV. x, 92, 11]; [ŚBr. xii]
(with bala, an army) comprising (4 parts, viz.) elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry, [MBh. iii, 790]; [R. ii, 51, 7]
cátur—aṅga m. Cucumis utilissimus (?), [L.]
N. of a son of Roma- or Loma-pāda, [Hariv. 1697 f.]; [BhP. ix, 23, 10]
cátur—aṅga n. (scil. bala) = °ṅga-bala, [AV.Pariś.]; [MBh. ix, 446]
a kind of chess (played by 4 parties), [Tithyād.]
caturaśraचतुरश्रcatur—aśra mf(A)n. four-cornered, quadrangular, [KātyŚr.]; [Kauś.]; [Pāṇ. v, 4, 120]; [Hariv. 12378] &c.
regular, [Jain.]; [Kum. i, 32] ([Vām. v, 2, 60])
catur—aśra m. a quadrangular figure
a square, [W.]
(in astron.) N. of the 4th and 8th lunar mansions, [Laghuj.]
(in music) a kind of measure
(scil. hasta) a particular position of the hands (in dancing)
(pl.) N. of various Ketus, [VarBṛS. xi, 25]
catur—aśra n. a particular posture (in dancing), [Vikr. iv, 41]/[42], Sch.
caturaśriचतुरश्रिcátur—aśri (cát°), mfn. quadrangular, [RV. i, 152, 2]; [iv, 22, 2.]
caturakṣaचतुरक्षcatur—akṣá mf(I/)n. four-eyed, [RV. i, 31, 13]; [x, 14, 10 f.]; [AV.]; [TS. v]; [ŚBr. xiii]; [ŚāṅkhBr. iii, 5]; [KātyŚr.]
caturamlaचतुरम्लcatur—amla n. 4 sour substances (viz. amlavetasa, vṛkṣāmla, bṛhaj-jambīra, and nimbaka), [Bhpr.]
caturantāचतुरन्ताcatur—antā f. ‘the earth’, in comp. °teśa m. ‘earth-lord’, a king, [Ragh. x, 86] (or catur-anteśa = -dig-īśa, q.v. Sch.)
caturantaचतुरन्तcatur—anta mf(A)n. bordered on all 4 sides (the earth), [MBh. i, 2801] and [3100]; [R. ii], [v]; [Śak. iv, 20]
caturarthaचतुरर्थcatur—artha mf(A)n. having 4 meanings, [L.]
caturasraचतुरस्रcatur—asra for -aśra.
caturatvaचतुरत्वcatura—tva n. id., [Daś. i, 223] (v.l. for caṇa-).
caturbāhuचतुर्बाहुcatur—bāhu mfn. four-armed, [Pañcat. v, 8, 8/9]
(Viṣṇu), [BhP. viii, 17, 4]
catur—bāhu m. N. of Śiva.
caturbījaचतुर्बीजcatur—bīja n. the 4 kinds of seed (viz. of Kālājājī, Candra-śūra, Methikā, and Yavānikā), [Bhpr.]
caturbilaचतुर्बिलcátur—bila (cát°), mfn. having 4 openings, [AV. xviii, 4, 30]
(said of an udder), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] & [ĀśvGṛ. ii, 10.]
caturdaivaचतुर्दैवcatur—daiva mfn. for cāt°, [Hariv. ii, 58, 17], Sch.
caturdaśīचतुर्दशीcatur—daśī́ f. (scil. rātri) the 14th day in a lunar fortnight, [ŚāṅkhGṛ. ii]; [iv, 7]; [ĀśvGṛ. ii, 3]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.]
catur—daśī See °śá.
caturdaśaचतुर्दशcatur—daśá mf(I)n. the 14th, [Yājñ. ii, 113]; [R. ii]; [BhP. i, 3, 18]
consisting of 14 [VS. ix, 34]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. ix], [xiv]; [RPrāt. xvii, 19]
caturdalaचतुर्दलcatur—dala m. ‘four-leaved’, Marsilea quadrifolia, [Npr.]
caturdolaचतुर्दोलcatur—dola m. n. a royal litter, [Bhoj.]
caturgaṇaचतुर्गणcatur—gaṇa m. a series of 4.
caturgatiचतुर्गतिcatur—gati mfn. having 4 kinds of going, [R. B. v, 35, 19]
‘going on 4 feet’, a tortoise, [L.]
caturgavaचतुर्गवcatur—gava n. a carriage drawn by 4 oxen, [KātyŚr. xxii.]
caturguṇaचतुर्गुणcátur—guṇa (cát°), mf(A)n. fourfold, [ŚBr. iii, 3, 2, 9]; [Hit.]
tied with 4 strings (the upper garment), [Divyāv. vi, 46.]
caturhanuचतुर्हनुcátur—hanu (cát°), mfn. having 4 jaws, [AV. v, 19, 7]
cátur—hanu m. N. of a Dānava, [Hariv. 12939] (v.l. candra-h°).
caturhitaचतुर्हितcatur—hita mfn. useful for 4 (persons), [Nār. i, 8] and [12.]
caturhotṛचतुर्होतृcátur—hotṛ (cát°), m. sg. or pl. N. of a litany (recited at the new-moon and full-moon sacrifice), [AV. xi, 7, 19]; [AitBr. v]; [TBr. ii]; [ŚBr. iv]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. x]; [Lāṭy.]
cátur—hotṛ m. (cf. -hotra) N. of Kṛṣṇa, [Hariv. 10404] (v.l. for -netṛ)
caturjātaचतुर्जातcatur—jāta n. = cāt°, [L.]
caturlekhaचतुर्लेखcatur—lekha mfn. having 4 lines on the forehead, [R. v, 32, 13.]
caturmāsīचतुर्मासीcatur—māsī f. id., [Kathās. cxxiv, 154.]
caturmāsaचतुर्मासcatur—māsa n. a period of 4 months, [W.]
caturmedhaचतुर्मेधcatur—medha m. one who has offered 4 sacrifices (Aśva-, Puruṣa-, Sarva-, and Pitṛ-medha) or one who knows the Mantras required for them, [Āp. ii, 17, 22.]
caturmukhaचतुर्मुखcatur—mukha (in comp.) 4 faces, [Kum. ii, 17]
catur—mukha mfn. ‘four-faced’, in comp.
four-pointed (an arrow), [Hariv. 10630]
catur—mukha m. N. of Brahmā, [MBh. iii]; [R. i]; [BhP. iii, 8, 16]; [Kathās. xx]
of Viṣṇu, [Hariv. 12344]; [Ragh. x, 23]
of Śiva (cf. -tva), [MBh. xiii, 6393]
of a Dānava, [Hariv. 12934]
(in music) a kind of measure
caturnetṛचतुर्नेतृcatur—netṛ mfn. bringing near the 4 objects desired for by men, [Hariv. ii, 121, 16.]
caturvīraचतुर्वीरcátur—vīra (cát°), mfn. (said of an unguent), [AV. xix, 45, 3]-[5]
cátur—vīra m. N. of a Soma sacrifice lasting 4 days, [KātyŚr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Vait.]; [Maś.]
caturvayaचतुर्वयcátur—vaya (cát°), mfn. fourfold, [RV. i, 110, 3]; [iv, 36, 4.]
caturvedaचतुर्वेदcatur-veda mfn. (g. brāhmaṇādi) containing the 4 Vedas, [MBh. iii, 13560] (Brahmā), [Hariv. 12884] (Viṣṇu)
([Pāṇ. v, 1, 124]; [Siddh.]) = -vidya, [Hariv. 7993]; [Subh.]
catur—veda m. pl. the 4 Vedas, [Hariv. 14074]
catur—veda m. a class of manes, [MBh. ii, 463.]
caturvṛṣaचतुर्वृषcatur—vṛṣá mfn. having 4 bulls, [AV. v, 16, 4.]
caturvidhaचतुर्विधcátur—vidha (cát°), mfn. fourfold, of 4 sorts or kinds, [ŚBr. vii]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Mn.] &c.
caturyamaचतुर्यमcatur—yama n. the having 4 tones of utterance, [TPrāt.]
caturyugaचतुर्युगcatur—yuga n. (g. pātrādi) the 4 Yugas (or ages of the world) combined (= a Mahā-yuga q.v.), [Mn. i, 71]; [MBh. xii, 11227]; [Hariv. 516] &c.
cátur—yuga mf(A)n. (cát°) = -yukta, [RV. ii, 18, 1]
comprising the 4 Yugas, [Ragh. x, 23.]
caturānanaचतुराननcatur—ānana m. ‘four-faced’, Brahmā, [VarBṛS. vci, 16]; [BhP. v, 1, 30]; [Kathās. xxiv.]
caturātmanचतुरात्मन्catur—ātman mfn. representing 4 persons, having 4 faces or shapes, [Hariv. 12884] (Viṣṇu), [NṛsUp.]; [Rājat. iv, 507] and [v, 25] (Keśava).
caturbhūyasचतुर्भूयस्catur—bhūyas mfn. containing 4 (syllables) more, [RPrāt. xvi, 2.]
caturbhadraचतुर्भद्रcatur—bhadra mfn. (4 times i.e.) extremely auspicious, [Hcat.]
catur—bhadra n. 4 objects of human wishes (viz. dharma, kāma, artha, bala, [L.]; or the first 3 with mokṣa, [W.]; or kīrti, āyus, yaśas, bala, [MBh. xiii, 5657]; or dharma, jñāna, vairāgya, aiśvarya, [vii, 2182], Sch.; or dāna, jñāna, śaurya, bhoga or vitta, [ib.]; [Hit. i, 6, 58])
caturbhṛṣṭiचतुर्भृष्टिcátur—bhṛṣṭi (cát°), mfn. four-cornered, quadrangular, [RV. x, 57, 9]
four-pointed, [AV. x, 5, 50.]
caturdhārinचतुर्धारिन्catur—dhārin m. Cissus quadrangularis, [Npr.]
caturthāṃśaचतुर्थांशm. a 4th part, [Hariv. 9690]
mfn. = °śin, [Mn. viii, 210.]
caturthabhājचतुर्थभाज्caturtha—bhāj mfn. receiving the 4th part (as a tax from one's subjects), [ii, 585] (cf. [Mn. x, 118.])
caturūṣaṇaचतुरूषणcatur—ūṣaṇa n. the 4 hot spices (black and long pepper, dry ginger, and the root of long pepper; cf. -jāta and try-ūṣ°), [Bhpr. v.]
caturaṅginचतुरङ्गिन्catur—°aṅgin mfn. (= °ṅga; with bala or vāhinī, an army) comprising elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry, [MBh. i], [iv f.]; [R. i], [iii]
caturaṇukaचतुरणुकcatur—aṇuka n. an aggregate of 4 atoms, [Bādar. ii, 2, 11], Sch.
caturaśītaचतुरशीतcatur—aśīta mfn. the 84th (ch. of [MBh.])
caturaśītiचतुरशीतिcatur—aśīti f. 84 [VarBṛS. lxxvii, 30]
caturanīkaचतुरनीकcátur—anīka (cát°), mfn. four-faced (Varuṇa), [RV. v, 48, 5.]
caturdaśanचतुर्दशन्cátur—daśan (cát°), a pl. (loc. °śásu, [ŚBr. ix, 3, 2, 8]) 14 [RV. x, 114, 7]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.];
cáturdaśan [cf. Lat. quatuordecim; Lith. keturōlika]
caturdantaचतुर्दन्तcatur—danta mfn. ‘having 4 tusks’, Indra's elephant Airāvata, [L.]
N. of an elephant, [Pañcat. iii, 1, 0/1]; [Kathās. lxii, 30.]
caturdiśamचतुर्दिशम्catur—diśam ind. id., [MBh. ii, 570]; [BhP. v.]
caturdikṣuचतुर्दिक्षुcatur—dikṣu (loc. pl.) ind. id., [W.]
caturdvāraचतुर्द्वारcatur—dvāra mf(A)n. having 4 doors or openings, [MBh. xii, 269, 23] (said of the puruṣa), [Pañcad.]
caturgandhaचतुर्गन्धcatur—gandha mfn. fragrant on 4 sides, [R. v, 32, 12] (v.l. -vyaṅga).
caturgrāmaचतुर्ग्रामcatur—grāma ‘containing 4 villages’, N. of a country.
caturhastaचतुर्हस्तcatur—hasta mfn. four-handed, [W.]
caturhotraचतुर्होत्रcatur—hotra m. (cf. °tṛ) Viṣṇu, [Hariv. 12884]
v.l. for anuha, [VP.]
for cāt°, q.v.
caturmāsyaचतुर्मास्यcatur—māsya n. (= cāt°) a Cāturmāsya sacrifice, [Kāṭh. xxxv, 20.]
caturmūrtiचतुर्मूर्तिcatur—mūrti mfn. ‘having 4 forms of appearance, four-faced’, in comp.
catur—mūrti m. N. of Brahmā, [MBh. iii, 13560]
of Skanda, [ix, 2486]
of Viṣṇu, [Ragh. x, 74]; [BhP. v, 17, 16]
caturmuṣṭiचतुर्मुष्टिcatur—muṣṭi m. 4 hands full, [Gṛhyās. i, 43.]
caturuṣṭraचतुरुष्ट्रcatur—uṣṭra n. the 4 substances taken from a camel, [Suśr. vi.]
caturvāhinचतुर्वाहिन्catur—vāhin m. (scil. ratha) a carriage drawn by 4 (horses or oxen), [TāṇḍyaBr. xvi, 13, 12.]
caturvarṇaचतुर्वर्णcatur—varṇa (in comp.) the 4 castes; 4 principal colours, [W.]
four letters, [W.]
caturvargaचतुर्वर्गcatur—varga m. a collection of 4 things (e.g. = bhadra), [Ragh. x, 23]; [HYog. i, 15]; [Hit.]
caturvedinचतुर्वेदिन्catur—°vedin mfn. = -vidya, [Ratnāv. ii, 5/6] (in Prākṛt).
caturvidhamचतुर्विधम्cátur—vidham (am), ind. in 4 ways, [MBh. v, 1118] ([ŚārṅgP.])
caturviṃśaचतुर्विंशcatur—viṃśá mf(I)n. the 24th, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Gobh.]; [Yājñ. i, 37]
(with śata, 100) + 24 [KātyŚr.]; [MBh. i, 3790]
consisting of 24 [VS. xiv, 25]; [TS. vii]; [ŚBr. vi], [ix], [xiii]; [AitBr. v, 29, 5]; [MBh. iii, 14271]
catur—viṃśá m. (scil. stóma) N. of a Stoma having 24 parts, [VS. xiv, 23]; [Lāṭy.]
catur—viṃśá n. (with or without ahan) N. of an Ekāha (2nd day of the Gavām-ayana sacrifice), [ŚBr. xii]; [TāṇḍyaBr. iv, 2, 4]; [KātyŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]
(°sika with ahan, [Sāy.] on [RV. iii, 35, 4]; cāturviṃśaka, on [RV. i, 165, Introd.])