chaturanga

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chaturanga

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Borrowed from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

noun caturanga

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

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@misc{chaturanga_2026,
  title = {chaturanga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chaturanga},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}