चतुरङ्ग

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

CATURAṄGA   A king of the Aṅga dynasty. He was the son of Hemapāda and father of Pṛthulākṣa. [Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 277] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चतुर्ङ्ग  mfn.  mfn. ( च॑त्°) having 4 limbs (or extremities), [RV. x, 92, 11]; [ŚBr. xii]
बल   (with , an army) comprising (4 parts, viz.) elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry, [MBh. iii, 790]; [R. ii, 51, 7]
चतुर्ङ्ग  m.  m. Cucumis utilissimus (?), [L.]
N. of a son of रोम- or लोम-पाद, [Hariv. 1697 f.]; [BhP. ix, 23, 10]
चतुर्ङ्ग  n.  n. ( scil. बल) = °ङ्ग-बल, [AV.Pariś.]; [MBh. ix, 446]
a kind of chess (played by 4 parties), [Tithyād.]

Shabda-Sagara

चतुरङ्ग  n.  ( -ङ्गं)
1. An entire army, comprising elephants, cars, horse and foot.
2. A sort of chess.
E. चतुर्, and अङ्ग a member. चत्वारि अङ्गानि यस्य.

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चतुर् अङ्ग चत्वारि अङ्गानि यस्य