# तुरीय (turīya)

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तुरीय (turīya) is a Sanskrit word meaning to go, fourth, consisting of 4 parts, consisting of four parts, mighty, extending on all four sides, a quarter. Its 27 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Comprehensive Entries (Multiple Meanings), The Ordinal 'Fourth', A Fourth Part / Quarter.

- **SLP1:** `turIya`  **IAST:** turīya  **Devanagari:** तुरीय
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turiya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/turiya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** तुरीया (turīyā)

## Meanings by context

### Comprehensive Entries (Multiple Meanings) (9 definitions)
- 1. Fourth or consisting of four. 2. The fourth state of the soul in union with Brahma.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 110-3 ] तुरीय (turīya) 1. tur-īya ( also tú- and -yá, ŚB. ), a. fourth; consisting of four; n. fourth state of Vedāntistʼs soul (complete union with Brahma). [ ID=8680 ]
- 1. Fourth part 2. Quarter  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) 2. túr-īya, a. [c-turīya] fourth ( part ); n. quarter. [ ID=8681 ]
- 1. Fourth. 2. A quarter. 3. The universal spirit.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 381 ] तुरीय (turīya) mfn. ( - यः (-yaḥ)- या - यं (-yaṃ) (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) ) Fourth, a fourth. m. ( - यः (-yaḥ) ) A fourth part, a quarter. n. ( - यं (-yaṃ) ) The divine being, or universal spirit. E. irr. derived from चतुर् (catur) four, with छ (cha) affix; also तूर्य्य (tūryya) and तुर्य्य (turyya). [ ID=17678 ]
- 1. Fourth. 2. The universal spirit.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 337-a ] तुरीय (turīya) ( यः - या - यं ) ((yaḥ-yā-yaṃ)) a. Fourth. n. The universal spirit, the divine Being. [ ID=17156 ]
- 1. A fourth part. 2. The fourth state of the soul uniting with Brahman.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) (II) n. 1. A quarter, a fourth part, fourth; 2. the fourth state of the soul in which it becomes one with Brahman (n.) (in Vedānta phil.). [ ID=15754 ]
- 1. Fourth. 2. A quarter. 3. The universal spirit.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 317-a ] तुरीय (turīya) mfn. ( - यः (-yaḥ)- या - यं (-yaṃ) (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) ) Fourth, a fourth. m. ( - यः (-yaḥ) ) A fourth part, a quarter. n. ( - यं (-yaṃ) ) The divine being, or universal spirit. E. irr. derived from चतुर् (catur) four, with छ (cha) affix; also तूर्य्य (tūryya) and तुर्य्य । तुरीय (turīya)- अच् । चतुर् (catur) णां पूरणः (turyya. turīya-ac. caturṇāṃ pūraṇaḥ) चतुर् (catur) + छ (cha) आद्यलोपश्च । (catur + cha ādyalopaśca.) [ ID=17661 ]
- 1. Fourth. 2. A fourth part or quarter. 3. The fourth state of the soul in Vedanta philosophy.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 0368-a ] तुरीय (turīya) turīya, i. e. catur + īya (the intermediate form was probably ktu- rīya ), 1. ord. number, fem. yā, Fourth, Bhāg. P. 5, 10, 3. 2. adj. and n. Fourth part, a quarter, Man. 11, 126; 4, 202. 3. n. The fourth state of the student of the Vedānta philosophy, Vedāntas. in Chr. 205, 19. [ ID=5972 ]
- 1. The fourth, consisting of four. 2. One fourth.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 205 ] तुरीय (turīya) ( तुरीय (turīya) or तुरीय (turīya) ) a. the fourth, consisting of four; n. one fourth. [ ID=12470 ]
- 1. Fourth. 2. Consisting of four parts. 3. Mighty, extending on all four sides. 4. The fourth state of the soul, united with the universal spirit. 5. A fourth part or quarter.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > तुरीय (turīya) 2. turīya, as, ā, am, Ved. fourth, a fourth; consisting of four parts; whose power ex- tends on all four sides, mighty; ( am ), n. the fourth state of the soul (according to the Vedānta phil.), that state in which it has become one with Brahma or the universal spirit; ( as, ā, am ), (with a different accent), a fourth, constituting the fourth part; ( am ), n. a fourth part, a quarter; [cf. turya and caturtha. ] —Turīya-bhāga, as, m. a fourth part or share. —Turīya-bhāj, k, k, k, a sharer of a fourth —Turīya-varṇa, as, ā, am, belonging to the fourth caste; ( as ), m. the fourth caste or tribe, a Śūdra. —Turīyāṃśa (°ya-aṃ°), as, m. a fourth part or share, a quarter. —Turīyātīta (°ya-at°), N. of an Upaniṣad. —Turīyārdha (°ya-ar°), am, n. one half of a fourth, an eighth part. [ ID=21139 ]

### The Ordinal 'Fourth' (5 definitions)
- fourth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 451,1] 2. तुरीय (turīya) mfn. (for क्तुर् (ktur) ° (°) [ Zend khtuiria ] fr. चतुर् (catur) ) ( Pāṇini (Author) v, 2, 51, Vārtt. 1) Ved. 4th, RV. &c. [ ID=86069 ]
- constituting the fourth part  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > तुर् (tur) ° (°), a 4th, constituting the 4th part [ ID=86069.4 ]
- The fourth  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 0542-a ] तुरीय (turīya) a. 1 The fourth
- The fourth  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 312-32 ] तुरीय (turīya) (I) a. (f. या (yā) ) The fourth. [ ID=15753 ]
- fourth  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 164-a ] turī́ya, a. fourth. [for *ktur-ía: catúr, 487 5, 1215. ] [ ID=1778 ]

### A Fourth Part / Quarter (3 definitions)
- a fourth part  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > तुरीय (turīya) n. a 4th part, AV.; Kāṭh. &c. (with यन्त्र (yantra), ‘a quadrant’, Śaṃkara-vijaya (Title) xxvii ). [ ID=86069.5 ]
- A fourth part  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — यं (yaṃ) 1 A quarter, a fourth part, fourth
- Fourth part  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय, (turīya,) भाग ( गः ) (bhāga (gaḥ)) 1. n. Fourth part. [ ID=17157 ]

### Vedantic Fourth State of Consciousness (3 definitions)
- the fourth state of spirit, pure impersonal Spirit, or Brahma  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > तुरीय (turīya) n. the 4th state of spirit (pure impersonal Spirit or Brahma), Up. ( MaitrUp.; Nṛsiṃha-tāpanīya-upaniṣad (Title) ii, 2, 1 &c. Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 35 ), Vedāntas. [ ID=86069.2 ]
- being in the fourth state of the soul  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > तुरीय (turīya) mfn. being in that state of soul, NṛsUp. [ ID=86069.3 ]
- The fourth state of the soul in which it becomes one with the Supreme Spirit.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — यं (yaṃ) 2 (In Vedānta phil. ) The fourth state of the soul in which it becomes one with Brahman or the Supreme Spirit

### Consisting of Four Parts (2 definitions)
- consisting of 4 parts  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > consisting of 4 parts, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) ix [ ID=86069.1 ]
- Consisting of four parts.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 0542-a ] तुरीय (turīya) a. 2 Consisting of four parts

### Proper Nouns (Deity, Text) (2 definitions)
- a name of Brahma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 2-030 ] Turīya (I) — a name of Brahmā (s.v.). Bhā. XI. 15. 16. [ ID=5515 ]
- a Deva  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Turīya (II) — (Turiya Indrayuk?- Br. P. ); a Deva (a- jita). Br. II. 13. 94; Vā. 31. 8. [ ID=5516 ]

### Verb: To Go / Move (2 definitions)
- to go  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 451,1] 1. तुरीय (turīya) Nom. ° यति (°yati), to go, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) ii, 14. [ ID=86055 ]
- To go or move.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 0379-b ] तुरीय (turīya) 1. turīya, P., Ved. turīyati, &c., to go or move; [cf. rt. 1. tur and turaṇya. ] [ ID=21138 ]

### Adjective: Mighty (1 definition)
- Mighty  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तुरीय (turīya) [Printed book page 0542-a ] तुरीय (turīya) a. 3 Mighty

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; 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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