Catu, Cāṭu, Caṭu, Cātu: 18 definitions

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Catu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Caṭu (चटु):—[Die Uṇādi-Affixe 1, 3.] gaṇa sidhmādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 97.]

1) eine artige Rede, m. [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 13.] n. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 1. 3, Scholiast] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 264.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 89.] m. = varṇana Lob [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 96.] caṭukāra als Erklärung von catura geschickt, verschmitzt [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 553.] Vgl. cāṭu, cāru . Nach [WILSON] m. auch: scream, screech. —

2) Bauch, m. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 96.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —

3) eine Art Sitz bei den Asketen, m. [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] darbhacaṭum [GOBH. 3, 6, 19.]

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Cāṭu (चाटु):—m. n. freundliche Worte, Schmeichelworte [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 1, 3.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 264.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 89.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 13.] cāṭūni kurvan [Amaruśataka 83.] brūṣe na cāṭuṃ mṛṣā (kuraṅga) [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 1, 14.] priyaḥ priyāyāḥ prakaroti cāṭum [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 14.] cāṭavaḥ kaṭavaḥ [Pañcatantra I, 191.] kurvaṃścāṭusahasrāṇi avyaktakalayā girā [Harivaṃśa 1144.] gajapuṃgavastu dhīraṃ vilokayati cāṭuśataiśca bhuṅkte [Bhartṛhari 2, 26.] [Pañcatantra 38, 22. 264, 5.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 26.] [Caurapañcāśikā 24.] [Gītagovinda 2, 12. 10, 9.] [Sāhityadarpana 48, 5.] vacana [Gītagovinda 11, 2.] cāṭūkti [Hārāvalī 149.] [ŚUK. 44, 5.] ein lieblicher Laut: puṭakaiścāṭusītkṛtaiḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 213.] = sphuṭavādin deutlich sprechend [UṆĀDIVṚ. im SAṂKṢIPTAS. Śabdakalpadruma] cāṭu als indecl. im gaṇa cādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 57.] — Vgl. caṭu .

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Caṭu (चटु):—

1) [Śiśupālavadha 4, 6.] racitacaṭuśatam [BĀLARĀM.] bei [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 1, 3.] caṭūpamā eine in einem Gleichniss ausgesprochene Artigkeit [kāvyādarśa 2, 35.]

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Catu (चतु):—nach dem Comm. angeblich adj. = caturtha [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 1, 8, 10]; es ist jedoch offenbar Entstellung aus ca tam .

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Cāṭu (चाटु):—, cakara ca kila cāṭu (bahucāṭūn bei [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 1, 3]) prauḍhayoṣidvadasya [Śiśupālavadha 11, 39. 10, 37.] cāṭvartham so v. a. um ihr etwas Liebes zu erweisen [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 246. Z. 2] [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 1, 14] [?(Spr. 2394)] hat die v.l. cāṭūn. cāṭuḥ piciṇḍe ca nutau cāṭurālāpatatsama (so ist zu lesen, ālāpa hat auch die Hdschr.) ityutpalinīkośaḥ [UJJVAL. a. a. O.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Caṭu (चटु):—(*m. n.) —

1) eine Artigkeit , Liebenswürdigkeit. —

2) *Geschrei. —

3) *Bauch. —

4) *eine Art Sitz bei den Asketen.

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Catu (चतु):—Adj. der vierte [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 1,8,4.]

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Cāṭu (चाटु):——

1) m. n. — a) Sg. und Pl. etwas Artiges , — Gefälliges [Kād. (1872) 2,107,3.] [Harṣacarita 220,17.] cāṭvartham so v.a. um — etwas Liebes zu erweisen. — b) *Bauch. —

2) Adj. — a) angenehm (?) [Rājataraṃgiṇī 1,213.] — b) *deutlich redend.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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