# चतुर्व्यूह (caturvyūha)

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चतुर्व्यूह (caturvyūha) is a Sanskrit word meaning having four kinds of appearance, containing four chapters, medical science, an epithet of Vishnu, the Purusha divided into four. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Fourfold Divine Manifestation or Form, A Work with Four Chapters, Medical Science.

- **SLP1:** `caturvyUha`  **IAST:** caturvyūha  **Devanagari:** चतुर्व्यूह
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caturvy%C5%ABha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chaturvyuha/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Fourfold Divine Manifestation or Form (3 definitions)
- having four kinds of appearance  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 385,2] चतुर् (catur) — व्यूह (—vyūha) mfn. having 4 kinds of appearance, Mahābhārata (Title) xii, 13603 (Hari), Vāyu-purāṇa (Title) i, 1, 42 (Maheśvara) [ ID=71325 ]
- an epithet of Vishnu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > चतुर्व्यूह (caturvyūha) [Printed book page 174-1 ] Caturvyūha = Viṣṇu: XII, 13604; XIII, 6964 (1000 names), 7031 (do.). [ ID=2043 ]
- the Purusha divided into four  
  *The Purana Index*
  > चतुर्व्यूह (caturvyūha) [Printed book page 1-580 ] Caturvyūha — the Puruṣa divided into four. Vā. 5. 34. [ ID=4587 ]

### A Work with Four Chapters (1 definition)
- containing four chapters  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > containing 4 chapters, Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha (Title) xv, 390 [ ID=71326 ]

### Medical Science (1 definition)
- medical science  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चतुर्व्यूह (caturvyūha) [Printed book page 263-30 ] चतुर् - व्यूह (catur-vyūha) n. medical science. [ ID=13246 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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