Catasri, Catasṛ: 3 definitions
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Catasri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Catasṛ can be transliterated into English as Catasr or Catasri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chatasri.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatasṛ (चतसृ).—see catur.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatasṛ (चतसृ).—catasṛ v. catvār.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Catasṛ (चतसृ):—f. [plural] of catur, 4 ([nominative case] and [accusative] catasras cf. [Pāṇini 7-2, 99], [vArttika] 2; [instrumental case] catasṛbhis cf. [vi, 1, 180 f.] [Ṛg-veda viii, 60, 9]; [genitive case] sṛṇām, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii, 3, 2, 13]; or sṝṇām [Ved, [Pāṇini 6-4, 5]] [Rāmāyaṇa i, 72, 12 and 73, 32]; [locative case] sṛṣu, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii, 5, 1, 1])
2) [see priya-; cf. [Hibernian or Irish] ceteora.]
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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Starts with: Catasrika.
Full-text (+346): Caturadhyayika, Catvarimshati, Catushpadika, Catuh, Caturadhyayi, Catvaraka, Catuhsthana, Caturhotraka, Catuhshtoma, Caturdarika, Caturgana, Catushpattri, Catuhstana, Catuhstotra, Caturanugana, Catutputra, Caturashita, Catushkarnata, Catuhshila, Catuhsaptati.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.60.9 < [Sukta 60]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)