chaturbhuj

English translation: Quadru-manus, chaturbhuj

04:52 Mar 22, 2008
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Hindi term or phrase: chaturbhuj
Chaturbhu is a god in hindu mythology who has four arms. I would like to know if there is any equivalent word in English to represent a 4-arm god.
Geeta Sharma
India
Local time: 16:36
English translation:Quadru-manus, chaturbhuj
Explanation:
In Indian mythology there are gods and godesses, So are in greek and chinese mythology. But in English mythology there are no such beings. But the word could be translated as above as abeing having four hands/arms. If you have to use the word better use Chatturbhuj or Vishnu.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-03-22 12:27:06 GMT)
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Chatturbhuj Narain is very commonly used
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chaman4723
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4 +9Quadru-manus, chaturbhuj
chaman4723
5 +4Lord Vishnu and Lord Ganesha
Rajesh Srivastava
5The four-armed one
nisheeth833


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Lord Vishnu and Lord Ganesha


Explanation:
About Lord Ganesha, it is said-एक दंत दयावंत चार भुजाधारी, here चार भुजाधारी means chaturbhuj. And so it Lord Vishnu who has four arms and one of his arms has Sudarshan Chakra.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-03-22 07:28:53 GMT)
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But in Hindu mythology chaturbhuj is specially use for Lord Vishnu.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-03-22 07:41:45 GMT)
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Lord Vishnu has 1000 names and one of these is chaturbhuj. There is चतुर्भुज, विष्णु, मंदिर in धमधा, दुर्ग. Also see-विhttp://tdil.mit.gov.in/CoilNet/IGNCA/chgr0019.htm विष्णु का विग्रह सिंहासन पर स्थित है। यह प्रतिमा काले पत्थर की बनी विष्णु की चतुर्भुजी मूर्ति है। जिसके हाथों में शंक, चक्र, गदा और पदम है जिसकी लोचन के नाम से पूजा होती है। You can also have a reference of chaturbhuj in the following shlok of Geeta- किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तमिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव ।
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥ ११-४६ Here chaturbhuj means चतुर्भुजेन रूपेण = चतुर्भुज विष्णु रूपात. For this kindly see http://mr.wikibooks.org/wiki/श्रीमद्‌भगवद्‌गीता_:_अकरावा_अध्... So the actual answer is Lord Vishnu.

Rajesh Srivastava
India
Local time: 16:36
Native speaker of: Hindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pundora: Chatturbhuj or Lord Vishnu. Chaturbhuj is an epithet of Vishnu having four arms.http://www.muktinath.org/hinduism/vishnu.htm. Also see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu. More, http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/cambodia/prasatkravan/pra...
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agree  chandan mishra: Lord Vishnu
1 day 9 hrs
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agree  Mrudula Tambe: Yes, instead of giving wordly translation, one should go for the word that makes sense.
2 days 21 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद मृदुला जी

agree  rakesh s
7 days
  -> Thanks a lot Rakesh ji
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Quadru-manus, chaturbhuj


Explanation:
In Indian mythology there are gods and godesses, So are in greek and chinese mythology. But in English mythology there are no such beings. But the word could be translated as above as abeing having four hands/arms. If you have to use the word better use Chatturbhuj or Vishnu.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-03-22 12:27:06 GMT)
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Chatturbhuj Narain is very commonly used

Example sentence(s):
  • In English mythology there is no god as would be called quadru-manus
chaman4723
India
Local time: 16:36
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agree  thyminfo (X)
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agree  Ramesh Bhatt
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agree  georgina singh
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agree  Rajan Chopra
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agree  Pundora: Chatturbhuj or Lord Vishnu. Chaturbhuj is an epithet of Vishnu having four arms.http://www.muktinath.org/hinduism/vishnu.htm. Also see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu. More, http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/cambodia/prasatkravan/pra...
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agree  Ruchi Agarwal
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agree  chandan mishra: Lord Vishnu
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agree  archana shastry
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agree  C.M. Rawal: In English, we may write it as 'chaturbhuj'. However, Quadru-manus has other meanings also which are not related to deities and as such its use could be misleading.
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10 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
The four-armed one


Explanation:
There numerous deities in Hindu mythology who have four or eight arms. Based on whatever little exposure I have had to hindi scriptures translated into English I am confident of validity of my suggestion here. The reason for my confidence is that the phrase "the four-armed one" is generic enough to fit to any mythological figure having four arms.

nisheeth833
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi
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