Catushpathi, Catuṣpāṭhī, Catur-pathi: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Catuṣpāṭhī can be transliterated into English as Catuspathi or Catushpathi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chatushpathi.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCatuṣpāṭhī (चतुष्पाठी).—(catuṣpāṭhī) a school for Brāhmaṇas in which the four Vedas are taught and repeated.
Catuṣpāṭhī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and pāṭhī (पाठी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatuṣpāṭhī (चतुष्पाठी).—f. (-ṭhī) A school for Brahmans. E. catur four, (the Vedas,) pāṭha perusal. caturṇāṃ cedānāṃ pāṭho'tra gaurā-ṅīṣ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatuṣpāṭhī (चतुष्पाठी):—[=catuṣ-pāṭhī] [from catuṣ > catasṛ] f. a school in which the 4 Vedas are studied, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatuṣpāṭhī (चतुष्पाठी):—[catu-ṣpāṭhī] (ṭhī) 2. f. Brāhman’s school.
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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 corpusCatuṣpāṭhi (ಚತುಷ್ಪಾಠಿ):—[noun] a school where all the four Vēdas are taught.
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Catuṣpāṭhi (ಚತುಷ್ಪಾಠಿ):—[noun] = ಚತುರ್ವೇದಿ [caturvedi].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Catu, Pathin, Catur, Patti, Pati.
Full-text: Patha.
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