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Entry चतुर्

  1. चतुर्caturfour cornered, quardrangular; R.6.1. A quality of gems; Kau. A.2.11.
    1. four cornered, quardrangular; R.6.1. A quality of gems; Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.
    2. symmetrical, regular or handsome in all parts; बभूव तस्याश्चतुरस्रशोभि वपुः Ku.1.32.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अङ्गुलम्

      1. the four fingers of the hand.
      2. four fingers broad.
    • -अन्त Adjective bordered on all sides; भूत्वा चिराय चतुरन्तमहीसपत्नी Ś.4.19.

    • -अन्ता the earth.

    • -अशीत Adjective eighty-fourth.

    • -अशीति Adjective or Feminine eighty four.

    • -अश्र, -अस्र

      1. Adjective (for अश्रि-स्रि)
      2. (श्रः, स्रः) a square.
      3. a quardrangular figure.
      4. (in Astronomy) Name of the fourth and eighth lunar mansions.
    • -अहन् a period of four days.

    • -आत्मन् Masculine Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -आननः, -मुखः an epithet of Brahmā; इतरतापशतानि यथेच्छया वितर तानि सहे चतुरानन Udb.

    • -आश्रमम् the four orders or stages of the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa.

    • -उत्तर Adjective increased by four.

    • -उषणम् the four hot spices, id est, that is black pepper, long pepper, dry ginger, and the root of long pepper.

    • -कर्ण (चतुष्कर्ण) Adjective heard by two persons only; Pt.1.99.

    • -ष्काष्ठम् Indeclinable In four directions. चतुष्काष्ठं क्षिपन् वृक्षान् ... Bk.9.62.

    • -कोण

      1. (चतुष्कोण) Adjective square, quadrangular. (-णः) a square, tetragon, any quadrilateral figure.
      2. having four feet; यथा चतुष्पत्सु च केसरी वरः Rām.4.11.93.
      3. consisting of four limbs. (-दः) a quadruped. (-दी) a stanza of four lines; पद्यं चतुष्पदी तच्च वृत्तं जातिरिति द्विधा Chand. M.1.
    • -पाटी A river. Latin D. B.

    • -पाठी (चतुष्पाठी) a school for Brāhmaṇas in which the four Vedas are taught and repeated.

    • -पाणिः (चतुष्पाणिः) an epithet of Viṣṇu.

    • -पाद्

      1. -द (चतुष्पद्-द) Adjective 1. quadruped.
      2. consisting of four members or parts. (-Masculine)
      3. (जः) an epithet of Viṣṇu; R.16.3.
      4. a quadrangular figure.
      5. square. (-जम्) a square.
    • -मासम् a period of four months; (reckoned from the 11th day in the bright half of आषाढ to the 11th day in the bright half of कार्तिक).

    • -मुख having four faces. (-खः) an epithet of Brahmā; त्वत्तः सर्वं चतु- र्मुखात् R.1.22.

    • चतुर् catur, Numeral adjective

      1. चत्-उरन् Uṇ.5.58 (always in Plural; Masculine चत्वारः; Feminine चतस्रः; Neuter चत्वारि) Four; चत्वारो वयमृत्विजः Ve.1.25; चतस्रोऽवस्था बाल्यं कौमारं यौवनं वार्धकं चेति; चत्वारि शृङ्गा त्रयो अस्य पादाः etc.; शेषान् मासान् गमय चतुरो लोचने मील- यित्वा Me.11. -Indeclinable Four times. Compare Zend chathru; Greek tessares; Latin quatuor. [In Compound the र् of चतुर् is changed to a Visarga (which in some cases becomes श्, ष् or स्, or remains unchanged) before words beginning with hard consonants.] -Compound -अंशः a fourth part.-अङ्ग Adjective having 4 members, quadripartite.
      2. (ङ्म्) a complete army consisting of elephants, chariots, cavalry and infantry; चतुरङ्गसमायुक्तं मया सह च तं नय Rām.1.2. 1; एको हि खञ्जनवरो नलिनीदलस्थो दृष्टः करोति चतुरङ्गबलाधिपत्यम् Ś. Til.4; चतुरङ्गबलो राजा जगतीं वशमानयेत् । अहं पञ्चाङ्गबलवाना- काशं वशमानये ॥ Subhāṣ.
      3. a sort of chess.
    • -अङ्गिकः A kind of horse, having four curls on the forehead; यस्य ललाटे भ्रमरचतुष्टयं स चतुरङ्किको नाम । Śālihotra of Bhoj.25.

    • -अङ्गिन् Adjective having four parts. (-नी) a complete army, see चतुरङ्ग.

    • -द्वारम्

      1. a house with four entrances on four sides.
      2. four doors taken collectively.
    • -नवति Adjective or Feminine ninety-four.

    • -पञ्च Adjective (चतुपञ्च or चतुष्पञ्च) four or five.

    • -पञ्चाशत् Feminine (चतुःपञ्चाशत् or चतुष्पञ्चाशत्) fifty-four.

    • -पथः (चतुःपथः or चतुष्पथः) (-थम् also) a place where four roads meet, a crossway; Ms.4.39,9,264. (-थः) a Brāhmaṇa.

    • -पद or -पद् Adjective (चतुष्पद)

    • -गतिः

      1. the Supreme Soul.
      2. a tortoise.
    • -गवः a carriage drawn by four oxen.

    • -गुण Adjective four times, four-fold, quadruple.

    • -चत्वारिंशत् (चतुश्च- त्वारिंशत्) Adjective forty-four; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरिंश, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरिंशत्तम forty-fourth.

    • -चित्यः A pedestal, a raised square; चतुश्चित्यश्च तस्यासी- दष्टादशकरात्मकः Mb.14.88.32.

    • -णवत (चतुर्नवत) Adjective ninety-fourth, or with ninety-four added; चतुर्णवतं शतम् 'one hundred and ninety four'.

    • -दन्तः an epithet of Airāvata, the elephant of Indra.

    • -दश Adjective fourteenth.

    • -दशन् Adjective fourteen. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरत्नानि (Plural) the fourteen 'jewels' churned out of the ocean; (their names are contained in the following popular Maṅgalāṣṭaka: लक्ष्मीः कौस्तुभपारिजातकसुरा धन्वन्तरिश्चन्द्रमा गावः कामदुघाः सुरेश्वरगजो रम्भादिदेवाङ्गनाः । अश्वः सप्तमुखो विषं हरिधनुः शङ्खोऽमृतं चाम्बुधे रत्नानीह चतुर्दश प्रतिदिनं कुर्युः सदा मङ्गलम् ॥). denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedविद्या (Plural) the fourteen lores; (they are: षडङ्गमिश्रिता वेदा धर्मशास्त्रं पुराणकम् । मीमांसा तर्कमपि च एता विद्याश्चतुर्दश ॥).

    • -दशी the fourteenth day of a lunar fortnight.

    • -दिशम् the four quarters taken collectively.

    • -दिशम् Indeclinable towards the four quarters, on all sides.

    • -दोलः, -लम्

      1. a royal litter.
      2. a quadruped.
      3. (in law) a judicial procedure (trial of suits) consisting of four processes; id est, that is plea, defence, rejoinder, and judgment.
      4. The science of archery consisting of ग्रहण, धारण, प्रयोग and प्रतिकारः; योऽस्त्रं चतुष्पात् पुनरेव चक्रे । द्रोणः प्रसन्नोऽभिवाद्यस्त्वयाऽसौ Mb.5.3.12-13; प्रतिपेदे चतुष्पादं धनुर्वेदं नृपात्मजः Tbe same 192.61.
    • -पार्श्वम् the four sides of a square.

    • -बाहुः an epithet of Viṣṇu. (-हु Neuter) a square.

    • -भद्रम् the aggregate of the four ends of human life (पुरुषार्थ); id est, that is धर्म, अर्थ, काम and मोक्ष.

    • -भागः the fourth part, a quarter.

    • -भावः Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -भुज

      1. Adjective 1 quadrangular.
      2. having four arms; Bg.11.46.
      3. sixty-four.
      4. Name for the Ṛigveda consisting 64 Adhyāyas. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकलाः (Plural) the sixty-four arts.
    • -सनः Name of Viṣṇu having four embodiments of सनक, सनन्दन, सनत्कुमार and सनातन; आदौ सनात् स्वतपसः स चतुःसनोऽभूत् Bhāg.2.7.5.

    • -सप्तति Adjective or Feminine seventy-four.

    • -समम् an unguent of four things, sandal, agallochum, saffron and musk; Latin D. B.

    • -सीमा the boundaries on all four sides.

    • -हायन, -ण Adjective four years old; (the Feminine of this word ends in आ if it refers to an inanimate object, and in ई if it refers to an animal).

    • -होत्रकम्

      1. the four priests taken collectively.
      2. (खम्) 1. four faces; Ku.2.17.
      3. a house with four entrances.
    • -मण्डलम् a four-fold arrangement (of troops etc.) -मेधः One who has offered four sacrifices, namely अश्वमेध, पुरुषमेध, सर्वमेध, and पितृमेध.

    • -युगम् the aggregate of the four Yugas or ages of the world.

    • -युज् Adjective Consisting of four; चतुर्युजो रथाः सर्वे Mb.5.155.13.

    • -रात्रम् (चतूरात्रम्) an aggregate of four nights.

    • -वक्त्रः an epithet of Brahmā.

    • -वर्गः the four ends of human life taken collectively (पुरुषार्थ); id est, that is धर्म, अर्थ, काम and मोक्षः; चतुर्वर्गफलं ज्ञानं कालावस्थाश्चतुर्युगाः R.1.22.

    • -वर्णः

      1. 1. the four classes or castes of the Hindus; id est, that is ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य and शूद्र; चतुर्वर्णमयो लोकः R.1.22.
      2. four principal colours.
    • -वर्षिका a cow four years old.

    • -विंश

      1. Adjective 1 twenty fourth.
      2. having twenty-four added; as चतुर्विंशं शतम् (124).
    • -विंशति Adjective or Feminine twenty-four.

    • -विंशतिक Adjective consisting of twenty-four.

    • -विद्य Adjective one who has studied the four Vedas.

    • -विद्या the four Vedas.

    • -विध Adjective of four sorts or kinds, four-fold.

    • -वेद Adjective familiar with the four Vedas. (-दः) the Supreme Soul.

    • -व्यूङः Name of Viṣṇu. (-हम्) medical science. Adjective having four kinds of appearance; hence denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवादिन् 'asserting the four forms of पुरुषोत्तम viz. वासुदेव, संकर्षण, प्रद्युम्न and अनिरुद्ध.'-शालम् (चतुःशालम्, चतुश्शालम्, चतुःशाली, चतुश्शाली) a square of four buildings, a quadrangle enclosed by four buildings; अलं चतु शालमिमं प्रवेश्य Mk.3.7; देवीनां चतुःशालमिदम् Pratimā 6.

    • -षष्टि Adjective or Feminine

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Headwords under च

Part 1 of 6 च – चपलायतेAll parts
  1. च – चपलायते
  2. चपेट – चाण्डम्
  3. चाण्डाल – चिति
  4. चितिका – चुल्
  5. चुलुक – च्यूत
  6. च्योतम् – च्यौत्न