In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: academia.edu: Dvādaśa-mūrti in Tamil Tradition

Caṭāri (சடாரி) is another name for Nammāḻvār: one of the twelve Āḻvār saints of Tamil Nadu, India.—Nammāḻvār, in Tamil Vaiṣṇava tradition, comes next to Tirumaṅkkai in as far as the contribution to Indian sacred literature is concerned. [...] Nammāḻvār was known as Māṟan, Caṭakōpaṉ, Caṭāri and Tiruppuḷiyāḻvār. He was by birth a veḷḷāḷa (landlord or serf). He is considered a manifestation of Viṣvaksena, Tamil Cēṉai-mutaliyār. His disciple was  Maturakavi, a Brāhmaṇa.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Catari in India is the name of a plant defined with Sesbania sesban in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sesbania aegyptiaca Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora of Jamaica, Containing Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Known from the Island (1920)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (1979)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Egypt. Journal of Botany (1997)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Caṭāri (சடாரி) noun < śaṭha + ari.

1. A Vaiṣṇava saint. See சடகோபன். [sadagopan.]

2. See சடகோபன். [sadagopan.]

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Caṭāri (சடாரி) noun perhaps from jaḍa + அரி⁶. [ari⁶.] Coat of mail; கவசம். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [kavasam. (sudamaninigandu)]

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Cātāri (சாதாரி) noun (Music) A secondary melody-type of the cevvaḻi class corresponding to tēva-kāntāri; செவ்வழியாழ்த்திறவகை. சாதாரி யென்னுங் கானம் பாடினான் [sevvazhiyazhthiravagai. sathari yennung kanam padinan] (திருவாலவாயுடையார் திருவிளையாடற் [thiruvalavayudaiyar thiruvilaiyadar] 54, 32).

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Caṭari (சடரி) noun perhaps from caṭ. Being broken or spoilt; சிதைவு. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [sithaivu. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Catarinu, Catarital.

Ends with: Accatari, Ankucatari, Mamicatari, Vecatari, Viccatari.

Full-text: Sadarahu, Cutari, Sadari, Virakal, Tiruppuliyalvar, Vellala, Catakopan, Maran, Cenaimutaliyar, Nammalvar.

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