Caturthi, Caturthī: 10 definitions

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Caturthi 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturthi.

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In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition

Caturthī (चतुर्थी) refers to one of the various “lunar days” (tithi):—There are approximately 29.5 lunar days in a lunar month. The first fifteen days begin with the first phase of the waxing moon (pratipat) and end with the full moon (pūrṇimā). [...] In accordance with the lunar day, one would utter, [for example, caturthī-tithau].

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - (Ganesha)

Caturthī (चतुर्थी) refers to the “fourth day” (e.g., in the dark half of the Bhādra month), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.18 (“Gaṇeśa crowned as the chief of Gaṇas”).—Accordingly, as Śiva said to Gaṇeśa: “O Gaṇeśa, you are born in the first Prahara on the fourth day (caturthī) in the dark half of the Bhādra month at the auspicious hour of the moonrise. Since your form manifested itself from the good mind of Pārvatī, your excellent Vrata shall be performed on that Tithi itself or beginning from that day. It will be very auspicious and conducive to the achievement of all Siddhis. [...]”.

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Ganapatya (गाणपत्य, gāṇapatya) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Ganesha is revered and worshipped as the prime deity (ishta-devata). Being a minor though influential movement, Ganapatya evovled, llike Shaktism and Shaivism, as a separate movement leaving behind a large body of literature.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Caturthī (चतुर्थी) refers to the “fourth stage” (of an elephants’ life), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “14. He has hard wrinkles developed in the saṃdāna, etc. ; subject to appropriate attacks of must; not inclined to sleep, with mind hostile to rival elephants; afraid of fumigation in fire; trumpeting, with a great mass of hair on his fore-limbs, fond of military action; this young elephant is a kalyāṇa (‘fine one’) and has reached the fourth stage (caturthī) [prāptacaturthīṃ daśām]”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

caturthī (चतुर्थी).—f (S) The fourth lunar day.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

caturthī (चतुर्थी).—f The fourth lunar day.

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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 dictionary

Caturthī (चतुर्थी).—

1) The fourth day of a lunar fortnight.

2) The dative case (in gram.).

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

1) Caturthī (चतुर्थी):—[from caturtha > catasṛ] a f. ([scilicet] rātri) the 4th day in a lunar fortnight, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] (metrically thi), [Varāha-mihira’s Yogayātrā v, 8]

3) [v.s. ...] ‘the 4th day of a marriage’ See rthī-karman

4) [v.s. ...] ([scilicet] vibhakti) the termination of the 4th case, dative case, [Pāṇini]

5) [v.s. ...] = tur-bhāgīyā, [Śulba-sūtra iii, 26]

6) Caturthi (चतुर्थि):—[from catasṛ] for thī q.v.

7) Caturthī (चतुर्थी):—[from catasṛ] b f. of tha q.v.

[Sanskrit to German]

Caturthi 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Caturthi (ಚತುರ್ಥಿ):—

1) [noun] the fourth day after the full moon-day or new moon-day.

2) [noun] (gram.) the dative case (corresponding to the case expressed by the preposition 'to' of English).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Caturthī (चतुर्थी):—n. 1. the fourth day of a fortnight; 2. the finishing ceremony of an auspicious ritual; 3. Gram. dative case;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Verse 1.14.24 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]

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Text 2.32 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]

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Verse 3.7.129 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]