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चतुर्भुजcaturbhuja

चतुर्भुज (caturbhuja) is a Sanskrit word meaning having four arms, four-armed, quadrangular, Vishnu or Krishna, an epithet of Ganesha, name of a Danava. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, Proper Name (Other individuals/Dānava), Quadrangular / Four-sided figure.

Etymology
E. चतुर् four, and भुज an arm
Definitions
17
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Meanings by context

Epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa

4 definitions
Vishnu or Krishna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vishnu

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Vishnu

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Vishnu. 2. Krishna.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Proper Name (Other individuals/Dānava)

3 definitions
name of a Danava

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of the instructor of Ramananda

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of the father of Shiva-datta

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Quadrangular / Four-sided figure

3 definitions
quadrangular

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a quadrangular figure

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a square

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Four-armed / Having four arms

2 definitions
having four arms

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

four-armed

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of Viṣṇu and Equilateral Tetragon

2 definitions
1. A name of Vishnu. 2. An equilateral tetragon.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An epithet of Vishnu. 2. An equilateral tetragon.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adjective 'Four-armed' and Noun 'Epithet of several gods'

1 definition
four-armed, an epithet of several gods

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adjective: Quadrangular and Four-armed

1 definition
1. Quadrangular. 2. Having four arms.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Epithet of Gaṇeśa

1 definition
an epithet of Ganesha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.