Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Chaturanga

Hindi translation:

"चतुरंग"

Added to glossary by satish krishna itikela
Feb 24, 2008 15:18
16 yrs ago
English term

Chaturanga

English to Hindi Other History Old game
Hi,

Please could someone give me the correct Hindi word for Chaturanga as seen on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturanga

Please write in Devanagari. Any help on etymology/background of word most appreciated.

All the best,

Simon
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Feb 26, 2008 06:39: satish krishna itikela Created KOG entry

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Proposed translations

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"चतुरंग"

This is very old game which is similar to chess of the modern world.

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-02-24 15:24:57 GMT)
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This is also called as "शतरंज"
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agree Nirmala Phatak : I agree
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agree Anindita Basu (X)
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agree Rajan Chopra
42 mins
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agree Suyash Suprabh
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शतरंज या चतुरंग

no need
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agree Anindita Basu (X)
10 mins
धन्यवाद अनिंदिता जी
agree Mohd Shahid Akhtar
1 hr
Thanks
agree Ramesh Kulandaivel : I agree
10 hrs
Thanks
agree chandan mishra
21 hrs
Thanks Chandan
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चतुर् + अंग = चतुरंग

चतुर् means four and अंग means part.
According to the Sanskrit-English dictionary of V. S. Apte, in compunds, the र् of चतुर् is changed to a visarga (which, in some cases becomes स् , ष् or remains unchanged) before words begining with a hard consonant.
Semantics: चतुरंग means that which has 4 parts, that which is quadripartite. It also means a complete army consisting of elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry.
Etymology: The चतुरंग of the real-world battlefield, when it descended on the board of a game, became चतुरंग > शतरंज
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agree Rajesh Srivastava
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agree chandan mishra
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122 days

CHATURANGA

MY FAME IS CHATURANGA/ MY WORK IS CHATURANGA
Example sentence:

CHATURANGA KAM KARNA MERA LAKSHYA HAI

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