Catvarimsha, Catvāriṃśa: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Catvāriṃśa can be transliterated into English as Catvarimsa or Catvarimsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chatvarimsha.

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

Catvāriṃśa (चत्वारिंश).—ordin. numb. (from catvāriṃśat), f. śī, Fortieth, e. g. eka-, Forty-first, Mahābhārata [adhyāya.] aṣṭacatvāriṃśa, i. e. aṣṭan-, Forty-eighth, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 48. tri-, Forty-third, Mahābhārata 4, chap. 43. catuścatvāriṃśa, i. e. catur-, Forty-fourth, Mahābhārata [adhyāya.] dvā-, and dvi-, Forty-second, ib. 1, [adhyāya.] 42; 2, [adhyāya.] 42. navan-, Fortyninth, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 49.

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

Catvāriṃśa (चत्वारिंश).—[feminine] ī the fortieth.

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

1) Catvāriṃśa (चत्वारिंश):—[from catasṛ] mf(ī)n. ([from] śat) the 40th, [Ṛg-veda ii, 12, 11]

2) [v.s. ...] (with śata, 100) + 40 [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii; Pāṇini 5-2, 46]

3) [v.s. ...] m. ‘consisting of 40 (parts)’, Name of a Stoma, [Lāṭyāyana]

4) Cātvāriṃśa (चात्वारिंश):—n. ‘consisting of 40 (catvāriṃśat) Adhyāyas’, the [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Pāṇini 5-1, 62.]

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Catvarimsha in German

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