Caturashramya, Cāturāśramya: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Cāturāśramya can be transliterated into English as Caturasramya or Caturashramya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturashramya.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycāturāśramya (चातुराश्रम्य).—n S The aggregate of the four orders; viz. student, householder, mendicant, ascetic.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCāturāśramya (चातुराश्रम्य).—The four periods of the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa; see आश्रम (āśrama).
Derivable forms: cāturāśramyam (चातुराश्रम्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCāturāśramya (चातुराश्रम्य).—n.
(-myaṃ) The aggregate of the four orders of a Brahmana such as religious studentship, house-holder, mendicant and ascetic. E. catur four, āśrama order, ṣyaña aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCāturāśramya (चातुराश्रम्य).—i. e. catur-āśrama + ya, n. The four orders of brahmanical life, Mahābhārata 3, 11244.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Caturāśramya (चतुराश्रम्य):—[=catur-āśramya] [from catur > catasṛ] for cāt.
2) Cāturāśramya (चातुराश्रम्य):—[from cātura] n. ([gana] caturvarṇādi) the 4 periods of a Brāhman’s life, [Mahābhārata iii, 11244]
3) [v.s. ...] [xii f.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCāturāśramya (चातुराश्रम्य):—[cāturā-śramya] (myaṃ) 1. n. The aggregate of the 4 orders of student, householder, mendicant and ascetic.
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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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Partial matches: Sramya, Catura, Catur.
Starts with: Caturashramyadharma.
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