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Catura means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Catura has 20 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chatura.

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

Catura (चतुर):—1. (von catvar) vier in acatura, upa, tri, vi, su [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 29.] am Ende eines adv. comp. gaṇa śaradādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 107.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 62.] Vgl. ācaturam .

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Catura (चतुर):—2. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 1, 38.]

1) adj. f. ā gaṇa arśaādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 127.] a) schnell, rasch: caturaiḥ padaiḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 176] ([TROYER]: quatre pas!). caturam adv.: niścitya [188.] — b) geschickt, gewandt, verschmitzt [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 343. 384.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 553.] pakṣiṇāṃ madhye caturo (in der Folge st. dessen dhūrta) yaṃ vāyasaḥ śrūyate [Pañcatantra 158, 9. 160, 22.] [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 69. 18, 14.] [Vikramorvaśī 56.] [Amaruśataka 15.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 20, 17.] līlācaturā [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 48.] vacanaracanā [Pañcatantra 161, 2.] (cakṣuḥ) prapañcacaturam [Amaruśataka 44.] — c) lieblich, reizend: na punareti gataṃ caturaṃ vayaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 47.] pūrvākārādhikacaturayā saṃgataḥ kāntayā [8, 94.] Hierher könnten auch einige u. a. aufgeführte Stellen gezogen werden. — d) sichtbar (netragocara) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —

2) m. ein rundes Kissen (vgl. cātura) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —

3) n. a) Geschicklichkeit, Gewandtheit gaṇa arśaādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 127.] anyonyavilakṣadṛṣṭicature tasminnavasthāntare [Amaruśataka 20.] — b) Elephantenstall [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 998.] — Vgl. cātura, cāturya, ācaturya .

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Cātura (चातुर):—1. (von catvar) adj. von Vieren gezogen: śakaṭa [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 92,] [Scholiast] Daher cātura n. a carriage, a cart holding four people [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]

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Cātura (चातुर):—2. (von catura)

1) adj. a) geschickt, gewandt [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Schmeicheleien sagend. — c) dem Auge zugänglich [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 553.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 154.] — d) lenkend, regierend [Medinīkoṣa] Vgl. cāturika . —

2) m. ein rundes Kopfkissen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 41.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Vgl. gallacāturī . —

3) f. ī = cāturya [Siddhāntakaumudī.250,a,7.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik.4,12.] Geschicklichkeit (lies: dākṣya) [Medinīkoṣa]

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Catura (चतुर):—2.

1) a) vāhanāni [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 108] (ca turāṇi gedr.) adv.: caturaṃ gatvā [101, 96.] — b) śiṣyāḥ [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 87, 18.] — c) vāc [Spr. 3018. Z. 3] lies b) st. a). —

3) a) [Amaruśataka 20] [?(Spr. 1749)] gehört zu

1) c). —

4) m. (sc. hasta) Bez. einer best. Stellung der Hand [Oxforder Handschriften 86,a,29. 202,a,10.b,2.]

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Cātura (चातुर):—2.

3) Geschicklichkeit: yā lokadvayasādhanī tanubhṛtāṃ sā cāturī cāturī [Spr. 2477.] Liebreiz [Sāhityadarpana 738.]

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

Catura (चतुर):—1. —

1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) schnell , rasch. m Adv. — b) geschickt , gewandt , verschmitzt. — c) lieblich , reizend. — d) *sichtbar. —

2) m. — a) *Cyprinus Rohita [Galano's Wörterbuch] — b) *ein rundes Kissen. — c) eine best. Stellung der Hand. —

3) *n. — a) Geschicklichkeit , Gewandtheit. — b) Elephantenstall.

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Catura (चतुर):—2. am Ende einiger Compp. = catvar.

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Cātura (चातुर):—1. Adj. von Vieren gezogen (Karren).

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Cātura (चातुर):—2. —

1) *Adj. — a) geschickt , gewandt. — b) Schmeicheleien sagend. — c) dem Auge zugänglich. — d) lenkend , regierend. —

2) *m. ein rundes Kopfkissen. —

3) f. ī — a) Geschicklichkeit [Jayadeva's Prasannarāghava 32,21.53,6.] [Vikramāṅkadevacarita 6,12.] — b) Liebreiz.

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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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