Caturdamshtra, Caturdaṃṣṭra: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Caturdaṃṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Caturdamstra or Caturdamshtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturdamshtra.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaCaturdaṃṣṭra (चतुर्दंष्ट्र).—An attendant of Subrahmaṇya. He always showed great devotion towards Brahmins. (Mahābhārata Śalya Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 62).
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesCaturdaṃṣṭra (चतुर्दंष्ट्र) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.57, IX.44.95) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Caturdaṃṣṭra) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Caturdaṃṣṭra (चतुर्दंष्ट्र):—[=catur-daṃṣṭra] [from catur > catasṛ] a mfn. (cat) having 4 tusks, [Atharva-veda xi, 9, 17; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa v]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a beast of prey, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
3) [v.s. ...] Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of an attendant of Skanda, [Mahābhārata ix, 2564]
5) [v.s. ...] of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa 12935.]
6) [v.s. ...] b m. (also) Name of Airāvata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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: Damshtra, Catur.
Full-text: Caturvaktra.
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