cātummahārājika

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• चातुम्महाराजिक (Devanagari script)
• চাতুম্মহারাজিক (Bengali script)
• චාතුම‍්මහාරාජික (Sinhalese script)
• စာတုမ္မဟာရာဇိက or ၸႃတုမ္မႁႃရႃၹိၵ or ၸႃတုမ်မႁႃရႃၹိၵ (Burmese script)
• จาตุมฺมหาราชิก or จาตุมมะหาราชิกะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩣᨲᩩᨾ᩠ᨾᩉᩣᩁᩣᨩᩥᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈາຕຸມ຺ມຫາຣາຊິກ or ຈາຕຸມມະຫາຣາຊິກະ (Lao script)
• ចាតុម្មហារាជិក (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄂𑄖𑄪𑄟𑄴𑄟𑄦𑄂𑄢𑄂𑄎𑄨𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Alternative form of cātumahārājika, which is cātumahārājā (“the four Heavenly Kings”) +‎ -ika. Gemination following cātu- is variable.

Adjective

cātummahārājika

1. of the Four Heavenly Kings

Declension

Declension table of "cātummahārājika" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cātummahārājiko	cātummahārājikā
Accusative (second)	cātummahārājikaṃ	cātummahārājike
Instrumental (third)	cātummahārājikena	cātummahārājikehi or cātummahārājikebhi
Dative (fourth)	cātummahārājikassa or cātummahārājikāya or cātummahārājikatthaṃ	cātummahārājikānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cātummahārājikasmā or cātummahārājikamhā or cātummahārājikā	cātummahārājikehi or cātummahārājikebhi
Genitive (sixth)	cātummahārājikassa	cātummahārājikānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cātummahārājikasmiṃ or cātummahārājikamhi or cātummahārājike	cātummahārājikesu
Vocative (calling)	cātummahārājika	cātummahārājikā

Declension table of "cātummahārājikā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cātummahārājikā	cātummahārājikāyo or cātummahārājikā
Accusative (second)	cātummahārājikaṃ	cātummahārājikāyo or cātummahārājikā
Instrumental (third)	cātummahārājikāya	cātummahārājikāhi or cātummahārājikābhi
Dative (fourth)	cātummahārājikāya	cātummahārājikānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cātummahārājikāya	cātummahārājikāhi or cātummahārājikābhi
Genitive (sixth)	cātummahārājikāya	cātummahārājikānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cātummahārājikāya or cātummahārājikāyaṃ	cātummahārājikāsu
Vocative (calling)	cātummahārājike	cātummahārājikāyo or cātummahārājikā

Declension table of "cātummahārājika" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cātummahārājikaṃ	cātummahārājikāni
Accusative (second)	cātummahārājikaṃ	cātummahārājikāni
Instrumental (third)	cātummahārājikena	cātummahārājikehi or cātummahārājikebhi
Dative (fourth)	cātummahārājikassa or cātummahārājikāya or cātummahārājikatthaṃ	cātummahārājikānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cātummahārājikasmā or cātummahārājikamhā or cātummahārājikā	cātummahārājikehi or cātummahārājikebhi
Genitive (sixth)	cātummahārājikassa	cātummahārājikānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cātummahārājikasmiṃ or cātummahārājikamhi or cātummahārājike	cātummahārājikesu
Vocative (calling)	cātummahārājika	cātummahārājikāni

Noun

cātummahārājika m

1. (member of) the retinue of the Four Heavenly Kings

Usage notes

This noun is only used in the plural. The members of the retinue are devas.

Declension

Declension table of "cātummahārājika" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	cātummahārājikā
Accusative (second)	cātummahārājike
Instrumental (third)	cātummahārājikehi or cātummahārājikebhi
Dative (fourth)	cātummahārājikānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cātummahārājikehi or cātummahārājikebhi
Genitive (sixth)	cātummahārājikānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cātummahārājikesu
Vocative (calling)	cātummahārājikā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “cātur˚”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead