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chaturanga

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

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Chaturanga

Chaturanga (; ), catur, is an ancient Indian strategy game which is the common ancestor of the board games chess, shogi, sittuyin, makruk, xiangqi and janggi.

Chaturanga developed in the Gupta Empire, India around the 6th century AD. In the 7th century, it was adopted as shatranj in Sassanid Persia, which in turn was the form of chess brought to late-medieval Europe.

The exact rules of chaturanga are unknown. Chess historians suppose that the game had similar rules to those of its successor shatranj. In particular, there is uncertainty as to the moves of the Gaja (elephant), the precursor of the modern chess bishop.

Chaturanga (film)

Chaturanga ( "Four Chapters") is a 2008 Bengali film. Directed by Suman Mukherjee, the movie featured Rituparna Sengupta, Dhritiman Chaterji, Subrata Dutta, Joy Sengupta and Kabir Suman.

Chaturanga (novel)

Chaturanga is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore, widely considered a landmark in Bengali literature. The novel was published in 1916. The story of the novel follows the journey of a young man named Sreebilas (the narrator), his meeting with his best friend, philosopher and guide Sachis, the story of Damini a widow and Jyathamoshai, an idealist person.

The novel consists of four chapters, each named for these main characters of the novel. Thus named Chaturanga, which in Sanskrit means "four parts", a "quartet".

Chaturanga (disambiguation)

Chaturanga is an ancient Indian game.

Chaturanga may also refer to:

  • Chaturanga (film), a 2008 Bengali film directed by Suman Mukherjee
  • Chaturanga (novel), a 1916 novel by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Chaturanga Dandasana, an asana pose in yoga practice.
  • Chaturaji, a four-player version of chaturanga

Usage examples of "chaturanga".

He was versed in all forms of that game: the western-Earth twoand three-dimensional variants, the Chinese Choohong-ki, Japanese Shogi, Indian Chaturanga and the hypermodern developments.

He was versed in all forms of that game: the western-Earth two and three-dimensional variants, the Chinese Choo-hong-ki, Japanese Shogi, Indian Chaturanga and the hypermodern developments.