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catukka

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Catukka1 (nt.) [fr. catu=*catuka > *catukyaŋ] 1. a tetrad, a set of four, consisting of four parts: ˚pañcakajjhānā (pl.) the fourfold & the fivefold system of meditation DhsA 168; see cpds. -- 2. a place where four roads meet J vi.389; Miln 330 (see also below); esp. in phrase catukke catukke kasāhi tāḷeti (or is it "in sets of four"? See Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 79) J i.326; ii.123; DhA iv.52. -- 3. a square (in a village) Miln 1, 365; J ii.194; v.459; DhA 317.

 -- bhatta a meal for four bhikkhus Vin ii.77; iii.160; -- magga the 4 fold path Nett 113; -- yañña (usually sabba catukka˚) a sacrifice consisting of (all) the four parts J iii.44, 45; PvA 280; cp. J i.335. (Or is it the "cross -- road sacrifice"?)