Cātur° (and cātu°) [see catur] consisting of four. Only in compounds viz. - (r)anta (adjective) "of four ends," i.e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass all-encircling, especially of the earth: Ja II 343 (paṭhavī); IV 309 (mahī) — (noun masculine) one who rules over the 4 points; i.e. over the whole world (of a Cakkavattin) D I 88 (cf. Sv I 249); II 16; Snp 552. See also Avś II 111, note 2; -kummāsa sour gruel with four ingredients Vv-a 308; - (d)dasī (feminine) [to catuddasa fourteen] the 14th day of the lunar half month A I 144. Pv-a 55; Vv-a 71, 99, 129. With pancadasī, aṭṭhamī and pāṭihāriyapakkha at Snp 402; Vv 15 5 ; -dasika belonging to the 14th day at Vin IV 315; - (d)disa (adjective) belonging to, or comprising the four quarters, applied to a man of humanitarian mind Snp 42 ("showing universal love," see Nidd II §239); cf. R̥V X 136. Especially applied to the bhikkhu-saṅgha "the universal congregation of bhikkhus" Vin I 305; II 147; D I 145; Ja I 93; Pv II 2 8 ; III 214 (explained Pv-a 185 by catūhi disāhi āgata-bhikkhu-saṅgha). Cf. Avś I 266; II 109; - (d)dīpa of four continents: rājā Thig 486; cf. Mvu I 108, 114; - (d)dīpaka sweeping over the whole earth (of a storm) Vin I 290, cf. Ja IV 314 and Avś I 258; - (b)bedā (plural) the four Vedas Miln 3; -māsin of 4 months; feminine °inī Vin I 155; D I 47; M III 79; Sv I 139, cf. komudī; - (m)mahāpatha the place where 4 roads cross, a crossroad D I 102, 194 = 243; M I 124; III 91; cf. catu°; - (m)mahābhūtika consisting of the 4 great elements (of kāya) D I 34, 55, 186, 195; S II 94 f.; Miln 379; cf. Avś II 191 and Sanskrit cāṭurbhautika; - (m)mahārājikā (plural) ( scilicet devā) the retinue of the Four Kings, inhabiting the lowest of the 6 devalokas Vin I 12; III 18; D I 215; Nidd II §307 (under devā); Ja II 311 (deva-loka); -yāma (saṃvara) fourfold restraint (see yāma) D I 57, 58 (cf. Sv I 167); III 48 f.; S I 66; M I 377; Vism 410. Cf. D.B. I 75 note 1.