Caturmahabhutika, Cātummahābhūtika, Catummahabhutika, Cāturmahābhūtika, Catur-mahabhutika, Catumahabhutika, Catumahābhūtika, Cātumahābhūtika: 5 definitions

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Caturmahabhutika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturmahabhutika.

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Pali-English dictionary

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cātummahābhūtika : (adj.) consisting of the four great elements.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

1) Cātummahābhūtika: consisting of the 4 great elements (of kāya) D. I, 34, 55, 186, 195; S. II, 94 sq. ; Miln. 379; cp. Av. Ś II. 191 & Sk. cāṭurbhautika;

2) Catumahābhūtika: consisting of the four great elements DhsA. 403;

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

1) catumahābhūtika (စတုမဟာဘူတိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[catumahābhūta+ika]
[စတုမဟာဘူတ+ဣက]

2) cātumahābhūtika (စာတုမဟာဘူတိက) [(na) (န)]—
[catumahābhūta+ṇika]
[စတုမဟာဘူတ+ဏိက]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

1) catumahābhūtika—

(Burmese text): မဟာဘုတ် ၄-ပါးကိုမှီသော။

(Auto-Translation): Relies on the Mahaboth 4-part.

2) cātumahābhūtika—

(Burmese text): (၁) ၄-ပါးသောမဟာဘုတ်၊ မဟာဘုတ် ၄-ပါး။ (တိ) (၂) မဟာဘုတ်၄-ပါး၌ ယှဉ်သော၊ မဟာဘုတ် ၄-ပါး-ကြောင့်ဖြစ်-ဖြင့်ပြီး-သော၊ မဟာဘုတ် ၄-ပါးကို မှီသော။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Four aspects of the great board, the great board is fourfold. (2) In conjunction with the four aspects of the great board, it is established based on the four aspects of the great board.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Caturmahabhutika in Sanskrit glossary

Cāturmahābhūtika (चातुर्महाभूतिक).—adj. (= Pali cātu(m)mahā°, and compare next), consisting of the four gross elements: Avadāna-śataka ii.191.4 and Bodhisattvabhūmi 61.7, see s.v. audārika; Divyāvadāna 652.13 (ayaṃ…) Brahmaṇā…°tika-mahāpuruṣaḥ prajñaptaḥ.

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