Caturthashrama, Caturthāśrama: 3 definitions
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Caturthashrama means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Caturthāśrama can be transliterated into English as Caturthasrama or Caturthashrama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturthashrama.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycaturthāśrama (चतुर्थाश्रम).—m (S) The fourth religious order. See āśrama.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishcaturthāśrama (चतुर्थाश्रम).—m The fourth religious order.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCaturthāśrama (चतुर्थाश्रम):—[from caturtha > catasṛ] m. the 4th stage of a Brāhman’s life, [Horace H. Wilson]
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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