base of numeral four
- As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassannaṃ), catu˚ in composition; instr. catubbhi (Snp.229), catūhi (Snp.231) & catuhi; loc. catūsu (Ja.i.262) catusu.
- As num. adv., catu˚ catur˚ in cpds catuddasa (14), also through elision & reduction cuddasa Pv-a.55, Pv-a.283, etc., cp. also cātuddasī. Catuvīsati (24) Snp.457; catusaṭṭhi (64) Ja.i.50; Ja.ii.193; Pv-a.74; caturāsīti (84) usually with vassa-sahassāni Ja.i.137 Ja.ii.311; Pv.iv.7#7; Dhp-a.ii.58; Pv-a.9, Pv-a.31, Pv-a.254, etc. See also cattārīsa (40).
-(r)aṃsa (= caturassa, having four edges, four-edged Dhs.617; Pv-a.189 (read ˚sobhitāya); -(r)aṅga (consisting of) four limbs or divisions, fourfold MN.i.77; Ja.i.390; Ja.ii.190, Ja.ii.192; Ja.vi.169 (uposatha, cp. aṭṭhanga) Dpvs.i.6; Sdhp.64; -(r)aṅgika = prec. Dhs.147, Dhs.157, Dhs.397 Kp-a.85; Sdhp.58; -(r)aṅgin (adj.) comprising four parts f. ˚inī, of an army consisting of elephants, chariots cavalry & infantry DN.ii.190; Ja.ii.102, Ja.ii.104; Vism.146; Snp-a.225, Snp-a.353; Dhp-a.iv.144; cp. Ja.vi.275; -(r)aṅgula (adj.) measuring 4 fingers, 4 fingers broad or wide, Vin.i.46; SN.ii.178; Ja.vi.534; Thag.1137; Vism.124. -(r)aṅgulika = prec. Thig.498 (Thag-a.290); -(r)anta see cātur˚; -(r)assa [catur + assa2] four-cornered, quadrangular regular Vin.ii.310 (Bdhgh); Ja.iv.46 (āvāṭa), Ja.iv.492 (sālā); Ja.v.49; Pv.ii.1#19. Cp. caturaṃsa & next; -(r)assara (see last) with 4 sharp sides (of a hammer; ˚muggara Dhp-a.i.126; -(r)ādhiṭṭhāna (adj.) one who has taken the four resolutions (see adhiṭṭhāna) MN.iii.239; -(r)āpassena (adj.) endowed with the four apassena: lit. reclining on four AN.v.29, AN.v.30; DN.iii.269, DN.iii.270; -ussada (catussada) full of four, endowed with 4 things, rich in four attributes Ja.iv.309 (expld. p. Ja.iv.311 as having plenty of