Catur, catu˚ in composition [Vedic catvārah (m.) cat- vāri (nt.) fr. *qṷetuor, *qṷetur=Gr. te/ttares (hom. pi/sures), Lat. quattuor, Goth. fidwōr, Ohg. fior, Ags fēower, E. four; catasras (f.) fr. *qṷ(e)tru, cp. tisras. Also as adv. catur fr. *quetrus=Lat. quater & quadru˚] base of numeral four; 1. As num. adj. nom. & acc. m. cattāro (Dh 109; J iii.51) and caturo (Sn 84, 188), f. catasso (Sn 1122), nt. cattāri (Sn. 227); gen. m. catunnaŋ (Sn p. 102), [f. catassannaŋ]; instr. catubbhi (Sn 229), catūhi (Sn 231) & catuhi; loc. catūsu (J i.262) & catusu. -- 2. As num. adv., catu˚ catur˚ in cpds. catuddasa (14), also through elision & reduction cuddasa PvA 55, 283, etc., cp. also cātuddasī. Catuvīsati (24) Sn 457; catusaṭṭhi (64) J i.50; ii.193; PvA 74; caturāsīti (84) usually with vassa -- sahassāni J i.137; ii.311; Pv iv.77; DhA ii.58; PvA 9, 31, 254, etc. See also cattārīsa (40).
   -- (r)aŋsa (=caturassa, having four edges, four -- edged Dhs 617; PvA 189 (read ˚sobhitāya); -- (r)anga (consisting of) four limbs or divisions, fourfold M i.77; J i.390; ii.190, 192; vi.169 (uposatha, cp. aṭṭhanga); Dpvs i.6; Sdhp 64; -- (r)angika=prec. Dhs 147, 157, 397; KhA 85; Sdhp 58; -- (r)angin (adj.) comprising four parts, f. ˚inī, of an army consisting of elephants, chariots, cavalry & infantry D ii.190; J ii.102, 104; Vism 146; SnA 225, 353; DhA iv.144; cp. J vi.275; -- (r)angula (adj.) measuring 4 fingers, 4 fingers broad or wide, Vin i.46; S ii.178; J vi.534; Th 1, 1137; Vism 124. -- (r)angulika=prec. Th 2, 498 ( -- ThA, 290); -- (r)anta see cātur˚; -- (r)assa [catur+assa2] four -- cornered, quadrangular, regular Vin ii.310 (Bdhgh); J iv.46 (āvāṭa) 492 (sālā); v.49; Pv ii.119. Cp. caturaŋsa & next; -- (r)assara (see last) with 4 sharp sides (of a hammer; ˚muggara) DhA i.126; -- (r)âdhiṭṭhāna (adj.) one who has taken the four resolutions (see adhiṭṭhāna) M iii.239; -- (r)âpassena (adj.) endowed with the four apassena: lit.: reclining on four A v.29, 30; D iii.269, 270; -- ussada (catussada) full of four, endowed with 4 things, rich in four attributes J iv.309 (expld. p. 311 as having plenty of people, grain, wood & water); iv.422=461 "with four pillows" (p. 422 has caturassada for caturussada, which latter is also to be preferred to catussada, unless this is a haplology). In the same connection occurs satt -- ussada (full of people) D i.111 e. g. & Pv iv.18 (see satta). The formation "cattussada" has probably been influenced by "sattussada"; -- (k)kaṇṇa (& ˚ka) (a) with 4 corners Vin ii.137; J iii.255. -- (b) "between four ears," i. e. secret, of manta (counsel) J vi.391; -- (k)kama walking with four (feet), quadruped Vv 648; Pv i.113; -- kuṇḍika on all fours M i.79; A iii.188; D iii.6; Pv iii.27 (cp. PvA 181); -- koṇa four cornered, crossed, in ˚raccha cross road PvA 24; -- (k)khandha the four khandhas, viz. feeling, perception, synthesis & intellect (see khandha) DhsA 345; -- (g)guṇa fourfold, quadruple D ii.135; S i.27; J i.213; VvA 186; Sdhp 240; -- cakka with four wheels S i.16=63 (said of the human body, see under cakka); -- jāta of four sorts, viz. gandha (perfume) having four ingredients ThA 72 (see next) -- jāti of four kinds J i.265, v.79; (gandha). These 4 ingredients of perfume are saffron, jasmine, Turkish (tarukkha) & Greek incense (yavana); -- jātiya (& ˚jātika) in ˚gandha prec. J iii.291; iv.377; PvA 127; Miln 354; J i.178 (˚ka); -- (d)disā (pl.) the 4 quarters of the globe S i.167=Sn p. 79; D i.251; may also be taken for abl. sg. as adv.: in the 4 quarters Vin i.16, cp. acc. catuddisaŋ D ii.12; -- (d)dīpika covering the 4 continents, of megha (a cloud) DhA ii.95; -- dvāra with 4 gates, of a house D i.102 (=DA i.270); of Avīciniraya It 86; J iv.3; Pv i.1013; cp. Catudvāra Jātaka (No. 439; J iv.1 sq.); -- nahuta ninety -- four J i.25; vi.486; -- paccaya the four requisites (see paccaya) J iii.273, ˚santosa contentment with ˚DhA iv.111; -- paṇṇasa fifty-four DhA i.4; -- (p)patha a fourways J iv.460; -- (p)pada [Sk. caturpād, Gr. tetra/pous, Lat. quadrupes] a quadruped Vin ii.110; S i.6; A v.21; Sn 603, 964; It 87; J i.152; iii.82; -- parivaṭṭa (cp. aṭṭha ˚adhideva -- ñāṇadassana A iv.304) fourfold circle S iii.59 sq. (pañcupādānakkhandhe). -- parisā (f.) the fourfold assembly, scil. of male & female bhikkhus & upāsakas (cp. parisā) PvA 11; -- pala fourfold Vism 339. -- (p)pādaka (adj.) consisting of 4 padas, i. e. a sloka; f. ˚ikā (gāthā) a complete stanza or sloka Anvs p. 35; -- pārisuddhasīla (nt.) the four precepts of purity J iii.291; DhA iv.111; -- (b)bidha (catur+vidha) fourfold ThA, 74; -- (b)bipallāsa (catur+vipallāsa) the fourfold change (cp. Nett 85) Th+1, 1143; SnA 46; -- byūha (catur+vyūha) arranged in 4 arrays (of hāra) Nett 3, 105; -- bhāga the 4th part, a quarter Dh 108; -- bhūmika having 4 stories or stages (of citta or dhamma) DhA i.21; iv.72; DhsA 344, 345; cp. Vism 493 (of indriya); -- madhura (nt.) sweetness (syrup) of 4 (ingredients) DA i.136; ThA 68; -- mahāpatha a crossing on a high -- road Vism 235. -- mahābhūtika consisting of the four great elements DhsA 403; -- (m)mahārājika: see cātum˚; -- māsa 4 months, a season PvA 96; Dpvs i.24, 37 (cā˚); see under māsa; -- sacca the four truths or facts (see ariyasacca) DhA iii.380; Miln 334; (s)sāla (nt.) [catur+sāla] a square formed by 4 houses, in phrasc catuhi gabbhehi paṭimaṇḍitaŋ catussälaŋ kāretvā VvA 220; DhA iii.291; -- 'ha (catuha & catūha) 4 days; catuhena within 4 days S ii.191; catūhapañcāha 4 or 5 days Vin iv.280. -- See also cpds. with cātu˚.

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