Kathamkatha, Kathaṃkathā: 4 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykathaṃkathā : (f.) doubt; uncertainty.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKathaṃkathā (कथंकथा).—(= Pali id.), doubt: °thā mahya na bhūya kācit Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 61.7 (verse); °thām āpannāḥ Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 71.3; vici- kitsā-k° Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 33.12; Divyāvadāna 84.9; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 495.17; nirvicikitsās tīrṇa-k° Sukhāvatīvyūha 59.16; avitīrṇa- (so Senart em., mss. °cīr- ṇa-)-k°, not having got rid of doubt, Mahāvastu iii.445.21; krodho mṛṣāvāda ka° ca Mahāvastu iii.214.8 (verse); vigata-ka°, freed from doubt, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 70.11—12; Mahāvastu iii.61.7; 62.12; 201.12; Divyāvadāna 617.14; chinna-ka° Gaṇḍavyūha 30.16. See next.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKathaṃkathā (कथंकथा):—[=kathaṃ-kathā] [from kathaṃ > katham] f. doubt and questioning, [Divyāvadāna 1].
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kathaṃkathā (कथंकथा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kahakkaha.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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