chaturanga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient Indian game, its rules not fully known, presumed to be the ancestor of chess and similar games.

Word forms

chaturanga caturanga

Etymology

From Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Related words

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