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Catur,catu° in composition [Vedic catvārah (m.) catvāri (nt.) fr.*qǔetuor,*qǔetur=Gr.tέttares (hom.piζurQs),Lat.quattuor,Goth.fidwōr,Ohg.fior,Ags fēower,E.four; catasras (f.) fr.*qǔ(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.catunnaṁ (Sn.p.102),[f.catassannaṁ]; 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)aṁsa (=caturassa,having four edges,four-edged Dhs.617; PvA.189 (read °sobhitāya); --(r)aṅga (consisting of) four limbs or divisions,fourfold M.I,77; J.I,390; II,190,192; VI,169 (uposatha,cp.aṭṭhaṅga); Dpvs.I,6; Sdhp.64; --(r)aṅgika=prec.Dhs.147,157,397; KhA 85; Sdhp.58; --(r)aṅgin (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)aṅgula (adj.) measuring 4 fingers,4 fingers broad or wide,Vin.I,46; S.II,178; J.VI,534; Th.1,1137; Vism.124.--(r)aṅgulika=prec.Th.2,498 (-ThA,290); --(r)anta see cāturQ; --(r)assa [catur+assa2] four-cornered,quadrangular,regular Vin.II,310 (Bdhgh); J.IV,46 (āvāṭa) 492 (sālā); V,49; Pv.II,119.Cp.caturaṁsa & 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.Q40; --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.catuddisaṁ 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 fiftyfour DhA.I,4; --(p)patha a fourways J.IV,460; --(p)pada [Sk.caturpād,Gr.tetrάpous,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 paṭimaṇḍitaṁ catussālaṁ 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°.(Page 261)