Catvara: 12 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Catvara (चत्वर).—[cat-ṣvarac Uṇādi-sūtra 2.121]
1) A quadrangular place or courtyard.
2) A place where many roads meet; स खलु श्रेष्ठिचत्वरे निवसति (sa khalu śreṣṭhicatvare nivasati) Mṛcchakaṭika 2.
3) A levelled spot of ground prepared for a sacrifice.
4) A collection of four chariots.
Derivable forms: catvaram (चत्वरम्).
Catvāra (चत्वार).—(m. or nt.; = Sanskrit catvara; only in prose of Gaṇḍavyūha; ā perhaps influenced by remembrance of catvāraḥ etc.), crossroads, square (as meeting of roads): °reṇa °raṃ rathyayā rathyāṃ Gaṇḍavyūha 179.18; sarvarathyāsu sarvacat- vāreṣu sarvaśṛṅgāṭakeṣu 181.9—10; rathyā-catvāra-śṛṅgā- ṭakebhyaḥ 192.25; sarva-śṛṅgāṭaka-rathyā-catvāreṣu 327.26.
Catvara (चत्वर).—n.
(-raṃ) 1. A levelled spot of ground prepared for a sacrifice. 2. A court yard. E. cat to ask, Unadi affix ṣvarac.
Catvara (चत्वर).—[catvar + a] (cf. catur), n. and m. 1. A place where many (literally, four) roads meet; in the name of one of the mothers, Catvara-vāsinī, Mahābhārata 9, 2630 (dwelling on cross-roads, cf. catuṣpatha-niketā, Mahābhārata 9, 2643; catuṣpatha-ratā, 2645, names of other mothers bearing the same signification; cf. Hecate trivia); a square, Mahābhārata 3, 655. 2. A courtyard, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 9, 57.
Catvara (चत्वर).—[masculine] [neuter] quadrangular place or yard; quarter of a town.
1) Catvara (चत्वर):—[from catasṛ] a n. rarely m. ([Harivaṃśa 6499 ff.; Rāmāyaṇa v, 49, 15]) a quadrangular place, place in which many ways meet, cross-way, [Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a levelled spot of ground prepared for a sacrifice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) b tvāriṃśa, etc. See [column]1.
Catvara (चत्वर):—(raṃ) 1. n. A levelled spot of ground for sacrifice, court-yard.
Catvara (चत्वर):—(von catvar) n. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe.2,117.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 249,b,2.] ein viereckiger Platz, - Hof, ein Platz auf dem viele Wege münden: anurathyāsu sarvāsu catvareṣu ca balaṃ babhūva [Mahābhārata 3, 655.] na catvare niśi tiṣṭhennigūḍhaḥ [5, 1361. 8, 2031. 16, 141.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 42, 23. 5, 9, 50.] śreṣṭhi [Mṛcchakaṭikā 61, 17.] maṭha [Prabodhacandrodaja 106, 12.] ausserhalb der Stadt [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 41. -] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 9, 57. 21, 2. 5, 24, 9.] m. [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 49, 15.] [Harivaṃśa 6499.] trikacatvarāḥ [6501.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Harivaṃśa 5226. 8963.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 11, 15.] = aṅgana Hof [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 12.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1004.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 552.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 153.] = sthaṇḍila Opferplatz [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 17.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 824.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = bahumārgī, pathāśleṣa ein Ort wo viele Wege zusammenkommen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 988.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 132.]
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Catvara (चत्वर):—, ambu ein viereckiger Teich [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 216.] — Vgl. jala, pāda (unter pādacatura).
Catvara (चत्वर):—m. n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) ein viereckiger Platz , — Hof , Viertel in einer Stadt.
Catvara (चत्वर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Caccara.
Catvāra (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 四衢道 [sì qú dào]: “crossroad”; “street which splits in four directions”.
2) 四衢 [sì qú]: “four crossings”.
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
Catvara (ಚತ್ವರ):—
1) [noun] a quadrangle covered by buildings on all the four sides.
2) [noun] a piece of land levelled and prepared for conducting a religious sacrifice on.
3) [noun] a place where a number of roads meet or intersect.
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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Starts with: Catvaraka, Catvarataru, Catvaravasini, Catvarotsada.
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