Catushtoma, Catuṣṭoma: 4 definitions

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Catushtoma 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 Catuṣṭoma can be transliterated into English as Catustoma or Catushtoma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chatushtoma.

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

Catuṣṭoma (चतुष्टोम).—i. e. catur -stoma, n. A stoma, or sacrifice, consisting of four parts, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 13, 43.

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

1) Catuṣṭoma (चतुष्टोम):—[=catu-ṣṭoma] [from catu > catasṛ] m. a Stoma consisting of 4 parts (the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th having 4 verses more than the preceding), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xiv; Taittirīya-saṃhitā v; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii; Rāmāyaṇa i, 13, 43]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. connected with a Catuṣṭoma (an Ekāha), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa iii, 43; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa xxi; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Lāṭyāyana]

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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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