Catushkotika, Catuṣkoṭikā: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Catuṣkoṭikā can be transliterated into English as Catuskotika or Catushkotika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chatushkotika.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCatuṣkoṭikā (चतुष्कोटिका).—(see also cātuṣkoṭika, °kā; Sanskrit koṭi, alternative), a set of four alternative propositions (see Suzuki, Studies in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra., 116 n. 2), viz. that something is, is not, both is and is not, neither is nor is not: Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 122.4—8, defined 5—8 ekatvānyatvobhayanobhayāstināstinityānitya- rahitāṃ °kām iti vadāmi, etayā °kayā…rahitāḥ sarva- dharmā ity ucyate.
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Cātuṣkoṭika (चातुष्कोटिक).—(from catuṣkoṭikā, q.v.), (1) adj., relating to, concerned with, involving or based on the ‘four alternatives’: °kaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 6887; °ka-naya-viśuddhim Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 124.1; skandhāḥ…°ka-rahitāḥ, deprived of anything that relates to…, Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 125.7; (2) °kā, subst. f. = catuṣ°: °kayā Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 152.14; 296.14 (muktaṃ bhavaṃ); 324.14 (yukto).
Cātuṣkoṭika can also be spelled as Cātuṣkoṭikā (चातुष्कोटिका).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCātuṣkoṭika (चातुष्कोटिक):—[from cātura] mfn. divided into 4 parts (koṭi), [Buddhist literature; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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