Catuhkarna, Catuḥkarṇa: 1 definition
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Catuhkarna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chatuhkarna.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCatuḥkarṇa (चतुःकर्ण).—adj. (Pali catu(k)kaṇṇa), four-cornered, square or rectangular: (of hells) Mahāvastu iii.454.11 (= Pali catukkaṇṇā Jātaka (Pali) v.266.19); in same verse i.9.12 catuḥkalā, probably corruption, but according to P. Mus, La Lumière des six voies 94 ff., supported by a Tibetan correspondent and to be adopted in Mahāvastu (with same meaning, carrés).
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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