Cātur˚ (and cātu˚) [see catur] consisting of four. Only in cpds. viz.

-- (r)anta (adj.) "of four ends," i. e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass, all -- encircling, Ep. of the earth: J ii.343 (paṭhavī); iv.309 (mahī) -- (n -- m.) one who rules over the 4 points; i. e. over the whole world (of a Cakkavattin) D i.88 (cp. DA i.249); ii.16; Sn 552. See also Sp. AvS ii.111, n. 2; -- kummāsa sour gruel with four ingredients VvA 308; -- (d)dasī (f.) [to catuddasa fourteen] the 14th day of the lunar half month A i.144. PvA 55; VvA 71, 99, 129. With pancadasī, aṭṭhamī & pāṭihāriyapakkha at Sn 402; Vv 155. ˚dasika belonging to the 14th day at Vin iv.315; -- (d)disa (adj.) belonging to, or comprising the four quarters, appld to a man of humanitarian mind Sn 42 ("showing universal love," see Nd2 239); cp. RV x.136. Esp. appld to the bhikkhu -- sangha "the universal congregation of bhikkhus" Vin i 305; ii.147; D i.145; J i.93; Pv ii.28; iii.214 (expld PvA 185 by catūhi disāhi āgata -- bhikkhu -- sangha). Cp. AvŚ i.266; ii.109; -- (d)dīpa of four continents: rājā Th 2, 486; cp. M Vastu i.108, 114; -- (d)dīpaka sweeping over the whole earth (of a storm) Vin i.290, cp. J iv.314 & AvŚ i.258; -- (b)bedā (pl.) the four Vedas Miln 3; -- māsin of 4 months; f. ˚inī Vin i.155; D i.47; M iii.79; DA i.139, cp. komudī; -- (m)mahāpatha the place where 4 roads cross, a crossroad D i.102, 194=243; M i.124; iii.91; cp. catu˚. -- (m)mahābhūtika consisting of the 4 great elements (of kāya) D i.34, 55, 186, 195; S ii.94 sq.; Miln 379; cp. Av.Ś ii.191 & Sk. cāṭurbhautika; -- (m)mahārājikā (pl.) (sc. devā) the retinue of the Four Kings, inhabiting the lowest of the 6 devalokas Vin i.12; iii.18; D i.215; Nd2 307 (under devā); J ii.311 (deva -- loka); -- yāma (saŋvara) fourfold restraint (see yāma) D i.57, 58 (cp. DA i.167); iii.48 sq.; S i.66; M i.377; Vism 410. Cp. Dial. i.75 n1.