Caturhotrika, Cāturhotṛka: 5 definitions

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Caturhotrika 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 Cāturhotṛka can be transliterated into English as Caturhotrka or Caturhotrika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturhotrika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cāturhotṛka (चातुर्होतृक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Performed by four priests, read or sacrificed by, &c. E. catur hotṛ a priest, ṭhak aff.

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

Cāturhotṛka (चातुर्होतृक):—[from cātura] mf(ī)n. ([Pāṇini 4-3, 72; Kāśikā-vṛtti]) relating to the Catur-hotṛ service, [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra i, 23; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā i, 9, colophon.]

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

Cāturhotṛka (चातुर्होतृक):—[cātur-hotṛka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Done or executed by four priests.

[Sanskrit to German]

Caturhotrika 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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