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चतुरंग (caturaMga)

 
L R Vaidya
English
catur-aMga {% (I) a. %} quadripartite or consisting of four members.
catur-aMga {% (II) n. %} 1. an entire army consisting of foot, horse, elephants and chariots, e.g. चतुरंगबलो राजा जगतीं वशमानयेत् अहं पंचांगबलवान् आकाशं वशमानये, or एको हि खंजनवरो नलिनीदलस्थो दृष्टः करोति चतुरंगबलाधिपत्यम् Sr.T.4
2. a sort of chess.
पुराणम्
English
चतुरंग / CATURAṄGA. A king of the aṅga dynasty. He was the son of Hemapāda and father of pṛthulākṣa. (agni purāṇa, Chapter 277).