The Sanskrit term Catuṣpatharatā can be transliterated into English as Catuspatharata or Catushpatharata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chatushpatharata.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Catuṣpatharatā (चतुष्पथरता).—A female attendant of Skanda. (Mahābhārata Śalya Parva, Chapter 46, Verse 27).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Catuṣpatharatā (चतुष्पथरता):—[=catuṣ-patha-ratā] [from catuṣ-patha > catuṣ > catasṛ] f. idem, 2645

[Sanskrit to German]

Catushpatharata in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Rata, Catushpatha.

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Full-text: Catvara.

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

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