Caturashramika, Cāturāśramika: 5 definitions

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Caturashramika 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 Cāturāśramika can be transliterated into English as Caturasramika or Caturashramika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturashramika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cāturāśramika (चातुराश्रमिक).—a. (- f.), [चतुर्षु आश्रमेषु विहितः ठक् (caturṣu āśrameṣu vihitaḥ ṭhak)], चातुराश्रमिन् (cāturāśramin) a. (-ṇī f.) Being in one of the four periods of the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa; see आश्रम (āśrama).

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

Cāturāśramika (चातुराश्रमिक).—i. e. catur-āśrama + ika, and cāturāśra- min cāturāśramin, i. e. catur-āśrama + a + in, adj. Being in one of the four orders of brahmanical life, Mahābhārata 14, 972; 7, 2757.

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

Cāturāśramika (चातुराश्रमिक):—[from cātura] mfn. being in one of the 4 periods (āśrama) of life, [Mahābhārata xiv, 972.]

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Caturashramika in German

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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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