Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturangika.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

caturaṅgika : (adj.) consisting of four divisions.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Caturaṅgika=prec. Dhs. 147, 157, 397; KhA 85; Sdhp. 58;

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

caturaṅgika (စတုရင်္ဂိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[caturaṅga+ika]
[စတုရင်္ဂ+ဣက]

context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Caturaṅgika (चतुरङ्गिक).—A kind of horse, having four curls on the forehead; यस्य ललाटे भ्रमरचतुष्टयं स चतुरङ्किको नाम (yasya lalāṭe bhramaracatuṣṭayaṃ sa caturaṅkiko nāma) | Śālihotra of Bhoj.25.

Derivable forms: caturaṅgikaḥ (चतुरङ्गिकः).

Caturaṅgika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and aṅgika (अङ्गिक).

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Angika, Ika, Caturanga, Catur.

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