Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturanta.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cāturanta (चातुरन्त).—a Possessing the whole earth bounded by four oceans; चातुरन्तोऽपि राजा सद्यो विनश्यति (cāturanto'pi rājā sadyo vinaśyati) Kau. A.1.5.

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Caturanta (चतुरन्त).—a. bordered on all sides; भूत्वा चिराय चतुरन्तमहीसपत्नी (bhūtvā cirāya caturantamahīsapatnī) Ś.4.19.

Caturanta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and anta (अन्त).

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Caturantā (चतुरन्ता).—the earth.

Caturantā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and antā (अन्ता).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Cāturanta (चातुरन्त).—(compare also prec.), nt. (?), the whole world (bounded by the four oceans): °taṃ vijitavān Mahāvyutpatti 6542. In Pali used as adj. f. with words for earth; also m. as applied to a king (so also in Sanskrit, Kauṭ. Arth. Sham.^1 11.10 °to 'pi rājā), ruler of the whole earth, Sn 552 etc.; unrecorded in this gender and meaning; compare Sanskrit caturantā, adj. or subst., said of the earth; see next, and s.v. catu- raṅga.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Caturanta (चतुरन्त).—[catur-anta], I. adj. Epithet of the earth, denoting: Whole (verbally, with its four ends, i. e. north, east, etc.), Mahābhārata 1, 2801. Ii. f. tā, The earth, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 10, 86.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Caturanta (चतुरन्त).—[adjective] surrounded (by the sea) on all four sides; [feminine] ā the earth.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Caturanta (चतुरन्त):—[=catur-anta] [from catur > catasṛ] mf(ā)n. bordered on all 4 sides (the earth), [Mahābhārata i, 2801 and 3100; Rāmāyaṇa ii, v; Śakuntalā iv, 20]

2) Caturantā (चतुरन्ता):—[=catur-antā] [from catur-anta > catur > catasṛ] f. ‘the earth’, in [compound] teśa m. ‘earth-lord’, a king, [Raghuvaṃśa x, 86] (or catur-anteśa = -dig-īśa q.v. [Scholiast or Commentator])

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Caturanta (चतुरन्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Cauraṃta, Cāuraṃta.

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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.

Pali-English dictionary

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

Cāturanta: (adj.) “of four ends,” i.e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass, all-encircling, Ep. of the earth: J. II, 343 (paṭhavī); IV, 309 (mahī)—(n-m.) one who rules over the 4 points; i.e. over the whole world (of a Cakkavattin) D. I, 88 (cp. DA. I, 249); II, 16; Sn. 552. See also Sp. AvS. II, 111, n. 2;

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Caturaṃta (ಚತುರಂತ):—

1) [adjective] having four seas as the frontiers (said of a country).

2) [adjective] (literarily) extending all over the earth.

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Caturaṃta (ಚತುರಂತ):—[noun] a covered or boxlike litter, usu. for one person, carried by means of poles on the shoulders of two or four men.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Anta, Catur.

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Full-text: Cauramta, Caturantayanam, Caturanga, Caturamtayana, Caturantesha, Caturaksha, Vijitavin, Cakkavattin.

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