Catur, catu° in composition [Vedic catvārah (masculine) catvāri (neuter) from °qṷetuor, °qṷetur = Greek τέτταρες (hom. πίσυρες), Latin quattuor, Gothic fidwor, Old High German fior, Ags feower, English four; catasras (feminine) from °qṷ(e)tru, cf. tisras. Also as adverb catur from °quetrus = Latin quater and quadru-] base of numeral four; 1. As numeral adjective nominative and accusative masculine cattāro (Dhp 109; Ja III 51) and caturo (Snp 84, 188), feminine catasso (Snp 1122), neuter cattāri (Sn. 227); genitive masculine catunnaṃ (Snp page 102), [feminine catassannaṃ]; instrumental catubbhi (Snp 229), catūhi (Snp 231) and catuhi; locative catūsu (Ja I 262) and catusu. 2. As numeral adverb, catu° catur° in compounds catuddasa (14), also through elision and reduction cuddasa Pv-a 55, 283, etc., cf. also cātuddasī. — Catuvīsati (24) Snp 457; catusaṭṭhi (64) Ja I 50; II 193; Pv-a 74; caturāsīti (84) usually with vassa-sahassāni Ja I 137; II 311; Pv IV 7 7 ; Dhp-a II 58; Pv-a 9, 31, 254, etc. See also cattārīsa (40). - (r)aṃsa (= caturassa, having four edges, four-edged Dhs 617; Pv-a 189 (read °sobhitāya); - (r)aṅga (consisting of) four limbs or divisions, fourfold M I 77; Ja I 390; II 190, 192; VI 169 (uposatha, cf. aṭṭhaṅga); Dīp I 6; Saddh 64; - (r)aṅgika = preceding Dhs 147, 157, 397; Pj I 85; Saddh 58; - (r)aṅgin (adjective) comprising four parts, feminine °inī, of an army consisting of elephants, chariots, cavalry and infantry D II 190; Ja II 102, 104; Vism 146; Pj II 225, 353; Dhp-a IV 144; cf. Ja VI 275; - (r)aṅgula (adjective) measuring 4 fingers, 4 fingers broad or wide, Vin I 46; S II 178; Ja VI 534; Thag 1137; Vism 124; - (r)aṅgulika = preceding Thig 498 (Thig-a, 290); - (r)anta see cātur; - (r)assa [catur + assa 2 ] four-cornered, quadrangular, rectangular Sp 1211; Ja IV 46 (āvāṭa) 492 (sālā); V 49; Pv II 1 19 . Cf. caturaṃsa and next; - (r)assara (see last) with 4 sharp sides (of a hammer; °muggara) Dhp-a I 126; - (r)ādhiṭṭhāna (adjective) one who has taken the four resolutions (see adhiṭṭhāna) M III 239; - (r)āpassena (adjective) endowed with the four apassena: literally: reclining on four A V 29, 30; D III 269, 270; -ussada (catussada) full of four, endowed with 4 things, rich in four attributes Ja IV 309 (explained page 311 as having plenty of people, grain, wood and water); IV 422 = 461 "with four pillows" (page 422 has caturassada for caturussada, which latter is also to be preferred to catussada, unless this is a haplology). In the same connection occurs satt-ussada (full of people) e.g. D I 111 and Pv IV 1 8 (see satta). The formation "cattussada" has probably been influenced by "sattussada"; - (k)kaṇṇa (and °ka)(a) with 4 corners Vin II 137; Ja III 255.(b) "between four ears," i.e. secret, of manta (counsel) Ja VI 391; - (k)kama walking with four (feet), quadruped Vv 64 8 ; Pv I 11 3 ; -kuṇḍika on all fours M I 79; A III 188; D III 6; Pv III 2 7 (cf. Pv-a 181); -koṇa four cornered, crossed, in °raccha crossroad Pv-a 24; - (k)khandha the four khandhas, viz. feeling, perception, synthesis and intellect (see khandha) As 345; - (g)guṇa fourfold, quadruple D II 135; S I 27; Ja I 213; Vv-a 186; Saddh 240; -cakka with four wheels S I 16 = 63 (said of the human body, see under cakka); -jāta of four sorts, viz. gandha (perfume) having four ingredients Thig-a 72 (see next) -jāti of four kinds Ja I 265, V 79; (gandha). These 4 ingredients of perfume are saffron, jasmine, Turkish (tarukkha) and Greek (yavana) incense; -jātiya (and °jātika) in °gandha preceding Ja III 291; IV 377; Pv-a 127; Miln 354; Ja I 178 (°ka); - (d)disā (plural) the 4 quarters of the globe S I 167 = Snp page 79; D I 251; may also be taken for ablative singular as adverb: in the 4 quarters Vin I 16, cf. accusative catuddisaṃ D II 12; - (d)dīpika covering the 4 continents, of megha (a cloud) Dhp-a II 95; -dvāra with 4 gates, of a house D I 102 (= Sv I 270); of Avīci-Niraya It 86; Ja IV 3; Pv I 10 13 ; cf. Catudvāra Jātaka (No. 439; Ja IV 1 f. ); -nahuta ninety-four Ja I 25; VI 486; -paccaya the four requisites (see paccaya) Ja III 273, °santosa contentment with Dhp-a IV 111; -paṇṇasa fifty-four Dhp-a I 4; - (p)patha a fourways Ja IV 460; - (p)pada [Sanskrit caturpād, Greek τετράπους, Latin quadrupes] a quadruped Vin II 110; S I 6; A V 21; Snp 603, 964; It 87; Ja I 152; III 82; -parivaṭṭa (cf. aṭṭha °adhideva-ñāṇa-dassana A IV 304) fourfold circle S III 59 f. (pañc-upādāna-k-khandhe); -parisā (feminine) the fourfold assembly, scilicet of male and female bhikkhus and upāsakas (cf. parisā) Pv-a 11; -pala fourfold Vism 339; - (p)pādaka (adjective) consisting of 4 padas, i.e. a śloka; feminine °ikā (gāthā) a complete stanza or śloka Anāg page 35; -pārisuddha -sīla (neuter) the four precepts of purity Ja III 291; Dhp-a IV 111; - (b)bidha (catur + vidha) fourfold Thig-a, 74; - (b)bipallāsa (catur + vipallāsa) the fourfold change (cf. Nett 85) Th 1143; Pj II 46; -byūha (catur + vyūha) arranged in 4 arrays (of hāra) Nett 3, 105; -bhāga the 4th part, a quarter Dhp 108; -bhūmika having 4 stages (of citta or dhamma) Dhp-a I 21; IV 72; As 344, 345; cf. Vism 493 (of indriya); -madhura (neuter) sweetness (syrup) of 4 (ingredients) Sv I 136; Thig-a 68; -mahāpatha a crossing on a high-road Vism 235; -mahābhūtika consisting of the four great elements As 403; - (m)mahārājika: see cātu°; -māsa 4 months, a season Pv-a 96; Dīp I 24, 37 (cā°); see under māsa; -sacca the four truths or facts (see ariyasacca) Dhp-a III 380; Miln 334; (s)sāla (neuter) [catur + sāla] a square formed by 4 houses, in phrase catuhi gabbhehi paṭimaṇḍitaṃ catussalaṃ kāretvā Vv-a 220; Dhp-a III 291; - 'ha (catuha and catūha) 4 days; catuhena within 4 days S II 191; catūha-pañcāha 4 or 5 days Vin IV 280.See also compounds with cātu°. [BD]: °(k)khandha the four khandhas: sensation, perception, own-making (or construction), discriminative-consciousness.
catur num. a. [ cat-uran Uṇ. 5. 58 ] (always in pl. ; catvAraH m. ; catasraH f. ; catvAri n. ) Four; catvAro vayamftvijaH Ve. 1. 25 ; catasro'vasTA bAlyaM kOmAraM yOvanaM vArDakaM ceti ; catvAri SfMgA trayo asya pAdAH &c.; SezAn mAsAn gamaya caturo locane mIlayitvA Me. 110. — ind. Four times. [ cf. Zend chathru ; Gr. tessares ; L. quatuor ]. [In comp. the r of catura is changed to a visarga (which in some cases becomes S, z or s , or remains unchanged) before words beginning with hard consonants]. Comp. — aMSaH a fourth part. — aMga a. having 4 members, quadripartite. — (gaM) 1 a complete army consisting of elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry; eko hi KaMjanavaro nalinIdalasTo dfzwaH karoti caturaMgabalADipatyaM Ś. Til. 4 ; caturaMgabalo rAjA jagatIM vaSamAnayet . ahaM paMcAMgabalavAnAkASaM vaSamAnaye Subhāṣ. 2 a sort of chess. — aMgin a. having four parts. — (nI) a complete army, see caturaMga . — agulaM 1 the four fingers of the hand. 2 four fingers broad. — aMta a. bordered on all sides; BUtvA cirAya caturaMtamahIsapatnI Ś. 4. 19. — aMtA the earth. — aSIta a. eighty-fourth. — aSIti a. or f. eighty four. — aSra , — asra a. (for aSri-sri ) 1 four cornered, quadrangular; R. 6. 10. 2 symmetrical, regular or handsome in all parts; baBUva tasyAScaturasraSoBi vapuH Ku. 1. 32. — (SraH, -sraH) 1 a square. ( pb ) 2 a quadrangular figure. 3 (in astr. ) N. of the fourth and eighth lunar mansions. — ahaM a period of four days. — Atman m. N. of Viṣṇu. — AnanaH, -muKaH an epithet of Brahmā; itaratApaSatAni yaTecCayA vitara tAni sahe caturAnana Udb. — ASramaM the four orders or stages of the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa. — uttara a. increased by four. — uzaRaM the four hot spices, i. e. black pepper, long pepper, dry ginger, and the root of long pepper. — karRa ( catuzkarRa ) a. heard by two persons only; Pt. 1. 99. — koRa ( catuzkoRa ) a. square, quadrangular. — (RaH) a square, tetragon, any quadrilateral figure. — gatiH 1 the Supreme Soul. 2 a tortoise. — gavaH a carriage drawn by four oxen. — guRa a. four times, four-fold, quadruple. — catvAriMSata ( catuScatvAriMSat ) a. forty-four; °riMSa — Sattama forty-fourth. — Ravata(caturnavata) a. ninety-fourth, or with ninety-fouradded; caturRavataM SataM ‘one hundred and ninety-four’. — daMtaH an epithet of Airāvata, the elephant of Indra. — daSa a. fourteenth. — daSan a. four teen. °ratnAni ( pl. ) the fourteen ‘jewels’ churned out of the ocean; (their names are contained in the following popular Maṅgalāṣṭaka : - lakzmIH kOstuBapArijAtakasurA DanvaMtariScaMdramA gAvaH kAmaduGAH sureSvaragajo raMBAdidevAMganAH . aSvaH saptamuKo vizaM hariDanuH SaMKo'mftaM cAbuDe ratnAnIha caturdaSa pratidinaM kuryuH sadA maMgalaM .. ). °vidyA ( pl. ) the fourteen lores; (they are: - zaqaMgamiSritA vedA DarmaSAstraM purARakaM . mImAMsA tarkamapi ca etA vidyAScaturdaSa .. ). — daSI the fourteenth day of a lunar fortnight. — diSaM the four quarters taken collectively. — diSaM ind. towards the four quarters, on all sides. — dolaH -laM a royal litter. — dvAraM 1 a house with four entrances on four sides. 2 four doors taken collectively. — navati a. or f. ninety-four. — paMca a. ( catuHpaMca or catuzpaMca ) four or five. — paMcASat f. ( catu paMcASat or catuzpaMcASat ) fifty-four. — paTaH ( catuHpaTaH or catuzpaTaH ) ( — TaM also) a place where four roads meet, a crossway; Ms. 4. 39 , 9. 264. — (TaH) a Brāhmaṇa. — pada a. ( catuzpada ) 1 having four feet. 2 consisting of four limbs. — (daH) a quadruped. — (dI) ( pb ) a stanza of four lines; padya catuzpadI tacca vfttaM jAtiriti dviDA Chand. M. 1. — pAWI ( catuzpAWI ) a school for Brāhmaṇas in which the four Vedas are taught and repeated. — pARiH ( canuzpARiH ) an epithet of Viṣṇu. — pAd -da (catuzya d-da) a. 1 quadruped. 2 consisting of four members or parts. ( — m. ) 1 a quadruped. 2 (in law.) a judicial procedure (trial of suits) consisting of four processes; i. e. plea, defence, rejoinder, and judgment. — pArSvaM the four sides of a square. — bAhuH an epithet of Viṣṇu. ( — hu n. ) a square. — BadraM the aggregate of the four ends of human life ( puruzArTa ); i. e. Darma, arTa, kAma and mokza . — BAgaH the fourth part, a quarter. — BAvaH N. of Viṣṇu. — Buja a. 1 quadrangular. 2 having four arms, Bg. 11. 46. — (jaH) 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu; R. 16. 3. 2 a quadrangular figure. 3 square. — (jaM) a square. — mAsaM a period of four months. (reckoned from the 11th day in the bright half of AzAQa to the 11th day in the bright half of kArtika ). — muKa having four faces. — (KaH) an epithet of Brahmā; tvattaH sarvaM caturmuKAt R. 10. 22. — (KaM) 1 four faces; Ku. 2. 17. 2 a house with four entrances. — maMqalaM a four-fold arrangement (of troops &c.). — yugaM the aggregate of the four Yugas or ages of the world. — rAtraM ( catUrAtraM ) an aggregate of four nights. — vaktraH an epithet of Brahmā. — vargaH the four ends of human life taken collectively ( puruzArTa ); i. e. Darma, arTa, kAma and mokza ; R. 10. 22. — varRaH 1 the four classes or ...
(ind, ind, card, in comps, masc fem & nt pl) four (4) Construction: catu + [r] > catur