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Ram. -4 To indicate, betray, bespeak, show; V. 1.6; Mal. 8. 10: आकारसदृशं चेष्टितमेवास्य कथयति S. 7. -5 To describe, rolate: ft Ku. 7. 78; कथाच्छलेन बालानां नीतिस्तदिह कथ्यते II Pr. 8 Pt. 1.37. -6 To inform, give information about, complain against Mk. . -7 To denounce. -8 To suppose. -9 To . praise, narrate devotedly; भुवि त्वां कथयन्तो हि सिद्धिमेष्यन्ति Ram. 7. 82. 12. Pass. () 1 To be called. -2 To be regarded or considered as.
कथक a. | क-वुल् ] A narrator, a relator. -कः 1 A chief actor, speaker of a prologue. -2 A disputant. -3 A story-teller.
Indescribable uneasiness; Mbh. 2. 39.
a. Telling, talkativo. - Narration, relation, description.
A narrator, story-teller: Heh.
कथनीय a. 1 To be said or told or declared. -2 Worthy of relation, to be named.
a. Telling, speaking.
कथा [ कथू नि० अ ] A tale, story; प्रावीण्यम् U. 4. historical knowledge. -2 A fable, feigned story;
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za ni fatate a H. Pr. 8. -3 An account, allusion, mention; कथापि खलु पापानामलमश्रेयसे यतः Si 2. 40. 4 Talk, conversation, speech; й FAŤ ¤ Ś. 4.1.5 A variety of prose composition, often distinguished from आख्यायिका ( प्रबन्धकल्पनां स्तोकसत्यां प्राज्ञाः कथां विदुः । परंपराश्रया या स्यात् सा मताख्यायिका बुधैः ॥ ); see under आख्यायिका also. -6 ( In phil ) Disputation का कथा or कथा with प्रति ( what mention ) is often used in the sense of what need one say of', not to mention', 'to say nothing of', 'how much more', or 'how much less'; का कथा बाणसंघाने ज्याशब्देनैव दूरतः । हुंकारेणेव धनुषः स हि विघ्नानपोहति S. 3.1; अभितप्तमयोऽपि मार्दवं भजते व कथा शरीरिषु R. 8.48; आप्तवागनुमानाभ्यां साध्यं त्वां प्रति का कथा 10. 28; Ve. 2. 25. -Comp. -: taking pleasure in conversation, attention. - 1 the course of conversation ; स्मर्तव्योऽस्मि कथान्तरेषु भवता Mk. 7.7. -2 another tale. -अवशेष or कथाशेष . one of whom only the narrative remains, i. e. deceased, dead.
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the commencement of a conversation. -: commencement of a tale. -आरामः garden of fable. -आलापः speech, conversation. 3: the beginning of a tale. -उद्घातः 1 the second of the five kinds of प्रस्तावना, where the first character enters the stage after overhearing and repeating either the words of the manager () or their sense; see S. D. 290; e. g. in
Ratn., Ve. or Mudrārākṣasa. -2 commencement of a tale or narration; आकुमारकथोद्वातं शालिगोप्यो जगुर्यशः R. 1.20 - उपकथनम्, -उपाख्यानम् narration, relation, telling a story. - 1 the guise of a fable. -2
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giving a false account. -, - पुरुष: the hero or leading character of a story; 4.4, 6.3 1 the introductory part of a tale or story. -2 N. of the first लम्बक or book of the कथासरित्सागर - प्रवन्धः a tale, fiction, fable. - . 1 talkative, talking much and foolishly. -2 mad, foolish. (-) 1 conversa tion, talk or course of conversation: नानाकथाप्रसङ्गावस्थितः II. 1; faare fa ang: Ks. 22. 181; N. 1. 35. curer of poisons ( विषवैद्य); कथाप्रसङ्गो वार्तायां विषवैद्येऽपि वाच्यवत् Visvakosa. कथाप्रसंगेन जनैरुदाहृताम् Ki. 1. 24 (where the word is used in sense I also). - प्राणः 1 an actor. -2 a professional story-teller. - a. One of whom nothing but the narrative is left; deceased, dead. कालेन ते कृताः सर्वे कथामात्राः कथासु च Bhag. 12. 2. 44. the introductory portion of a story; Pt. 1: course of conversation, talk, discourse. -faaf: changing the course of a story. -fat a. reserved, taciturn, disliking conversation. -शेष a sce कथावशेष.
A small tale; e. y. Vetala pañchavisati.
f Den. P. To tell, relate &c.
1 A narrator. -2 A story-teller.
ap. p. 1 Told, described, narrated; प्रत्येकं कथिता a: Ms. 7. 157. -2 Expressed. -: The supreme being. -तम् A conversation, discourse ; पूर्ववृत्तकथितैः पुराविदः R. 11. 10. Comp. -- tautology, repetition, considered as a fault of composition relating to a sentence, where a word is used without any specific purpose; see K. P. 7; and S. D. 575 ad hoc.
8 U. 1 To reduce to a tale. -2 To cause to remain only in narration.
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a. Remaining in narration (only), dend, deceased; a: Ku. 4. 13.
कथम् ind. [ किम्-प्रकारार्थे थमु कादेशश्व ] 1 How, in what way, in what manner, whence; affer: 1. Mu. 2 'well, how did the physician fare'; सानुबन्धाः कथं न स्युः संपदो मे निरापदः R. 1.61, 3. 44; कथमात्मानं निवेदयामि कथं वाऽऽत्मापहारं करोमि S. 1 ( where the speaker is doubtful as to the propriety of what he says). -2 Oh what indeed! (expressing surprise);
a S. 6. -3 It is often connected with the particles इब, नाम, नु, वा, or स्वित् in the sense of, 'how indeed', how possibly', I should like to know' (where the question is generalized); U. 3: U. 6. -4 When connected with the particles चित्, चन or अपि it means in every way', 'on any account', somehow', 'with great difficulty', 'with great efforts'; तस्य स्थित्वा कथमपि पुरः Me. 3; कथमप्युन्नमितं न चुम्बितं तु S. 3. 24; न लोकवृत्तं वर्तेत वृत्तिहेतोः कथंचन Ms. 4. 11, 5. 143; कथंचिदीशा मनसां बभूवुः Ku. 3. 34 कथं कथमपि
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