As a deity name
Name 848 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 387 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
चतुर्मुख · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार का चौताला ताल जिसमें क्रम से एक लघु (लघु की एक मात्रा), एक गुरु (गुरु की दो मात्राएँ),एक लघु (लघु की एक मात्रा) और एक प्लुत (प्लुत की तीन) मात्रा होती है । इसका बोल यह है—तांह । तकि तकि तांह/?/थकि थरि । तकि तकि दिधि गन थोंड़े · नृत्य में एक प्रकार की चेष्टा · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
चतुर्मुख · adj
जिसके चार मुख हों । चार मुँहवाला — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
4 faces
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
catur—mukha (in comp.) 4 faces, Kum. ii, 17
catur—mukha mfn. ‘four-faced’, in comp.
four-pointed (an arrow), Hariv. 10630
catur—mukha m. N. of Brahmā, MBh. iii; R. i; BhP. iii, 8, 16; Kathās. xx
of Viṣṇu, Hariv. 12344; Ragh. x, 23
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