Chatvara: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Chatvara 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chhatvara.
Ambiguity: Although Chatvara has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Catvara. It further has the optional forms Chatvāra.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryChatvara (छत्वर).—
1) A house.
2) A bower, arbour.
Derivable forms: chatvaraḥ (छत्वरः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryChatvara (छत्वर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A house, a dwelling. 2. A bower, an arbour. E. chad to cover, ṣvarac Unadi affix, and ta substituted for da.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryChatvara (छत्वर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A house; a bower.
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 corpusChatvara (ಛತ್ವರ):—
1) [noun] a building in which people live; a residence for human beings; a house.
2) [noun] a house having a latticework bower intertwined with climbing vines and flowers.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Chatvaravasini.
Ends with: Ambuchatvara, Jalachatvara, Padachatvara, Pamsuchatvara, Pushpachatvara, Shreshthichatvara, Varichatvara, Vasantachatvara.
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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Theatre-Architecture in Ancient India < [January-February 1933]