# चतुर्भुज (caturbhuja)

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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 — E. catur four, and bhuja an arm
- **SLP1:** `caturBuja`  **IAST:** caturbhuja  **Devanagari:** चतुर्भुज
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturbhuja
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chaturbhuja/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa (4 definitions)
- Vishnu or Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चतुर् (catur) — भुज (—bhuja) m. Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa ( cf. Bhagavad-gītā (Title) xi, 46 ), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) vi; Ragh.; Pañcat.; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) i [ ID=71255.15 ]
- Vishnu  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चतुर्भुज (caturbhuja) [Printed book page 276-a ] चतु - र्भुज (catu-rbhuja) ( जः ) ((jaḥ)) 1. m. Vishnu. [ ID=14169 ]
- an epithet of Vishnu  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चतुर् - भुज (catur-bhuja) (II) m. an epithet of Vishṇu, R. xvi.3. [ ID=13226 ]
- 1. Vishnu. 2. Krishna.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > चतुर्भुज (caturbhuja) [Printed book page 174-1 ] Caturbhuja 1 = Viṣṇu (1000 names).—Do. 2 = Kṛṣṇa: V, †2512. [ ID=2025 ]

### Proper Name (Other individuals/Dānava) (3 definitions)
- name of a Danava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Dānava, Harivaṃśa (Title) 12934 [ ID=71255.30 ]
- of the instructor of Ramananda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the instructor of (the author of a Comm. on SkandaP. ) Rāmānanda [ ID=71255.35 ]
- of the father of Shiva-datta  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the father of Śiva-datta [ ID=71255.40 ]

### Quadrangular / Four-sided figure (3 definitions)
- quadrangular  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > quadrangular [ ID=71255.10 ]
- a quadrangular figure  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a quadrangular figure [ ID=71255.25 ]
- a square  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चतुर् - भुज (catur-bhuja) (III) n. a square. [ ID=13227 ]

### Four-armed / Having four arms (2 definitions)
- having four arms  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 384,3] चतुर् (catur) — भुज (—bhuja) (in comp. ) 4 arms, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) iv, vi [ ID=71255 ]
- four-armed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चतुर् (catur) — भुज (—bhuja) mf( आ (ā) )n. four-armed, Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 16424; Rāmāyaṇa (Title) i; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) iv [ ID=71255.05 ]

### Name of Viṣṇu and Equilateral Tetragon (2 definitions)
- 1. A name of Vishnu. 2. An equilateral tetragon.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चतुर् (catur) भुज (bhuja) (caturbhuja) [Printed book page 315 ] चतुर् (catur) भुज (bhuja) (caturbhuja) m. ( - जः (-jaḥ) ) 1 A name of VIṢṆU. 2 An equilateral tetragon. E. चतुर् (catur) four, and भुज (bhuja) an arm. [ ID=14715 ]
- 1. An epithet of Vishnu. 2. An equilateral tetragon.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चतुर् (catur) भुज (bhuja) (caturbhuja) [Printed book page 260-a ] चतुर् (catur) भुज (bhuja) (caturbhuja) m. ( - जः (-jaḥ) ) 1. A name of VISHNU 2. An equilateral tetragon. E. चतुर् (catur) four, and भुज (bhuja) an arm. [ ID=14707 ]

### Adjective 'Four-armed' and Noun 'Epithet of several gods' (1 definition)
- four-armed, an epithet of several gods  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चतुर्भुज (caturbhuja) [Printed book page 166 ] चतुर्भुज (caturbhuja) a. = चतुर्बाहु (caturbāhu), m. E. of sev. gods. [ ID=10224 ]

### Adjective: Quadrangular and Four-armed (1 definition)
- 1. Quadrangular. 2. Having four arms.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चतुर्भुज (caturbhuja) [Printed book page 263-30 ] चतुर् - भुज (catur-bhuja) (I) a. 1. quadrangular; 2. having four arms, Bg. xi.46. [ ID=13225 ]

### Epithet of Gaṇeśa (1 definition)
- an epithet of Ganesha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Gaṇeśa, Gal. [ ID=71255.20 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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