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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Atikathā (अतिकथा).—1 An exaggerated tale.

2) Idle or meaningless talk.

-tha a.

1) Exaggerated, incredible (aśraddheya).

2) Unfit to be told.

3) Past narration or mention, dead, lost.

4) Swerving from one's caste traditions &c; lawless.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atikatha (अतिकथ).—mfn.

(-thaḥ-thā-thaṃ) 1. Incredible, unworthy of belief or trust. 2. Erring, deviating from the duties of a profession or cast. f.

(-thā) Idle or unmeaning speech. E. ati excess or exceeding, and kathā speech: some words substitute for this word, itikatha q. v.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Atikatha (अतिकथ):—[=ati-katha] [from ati] a mfn. exaggerated

2) Atikathā (अतिकथा):—[=ati-kathā] [from ati-katha > ati] f. an exaggerated tale

3) [v.s. ...] See also sub voce

4) Atikatha (अतिकथ):—[=ati-katha] b mfn. transgressing tradition or law, deviating from the rules of caste (See also sub voce ati.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atikatha (अतिकथ):—[tatpurusha compound] I. f.

(-thā) Idle or unmeaning speech. Ii. m. f. n.

(-thaḥ-thā-tham) 1) Incredible, unworthy of belief or trust.

2) Erring, deviating from the duties of a profession or cast. E. ati and kathā. Some works substitute for this word the reading itikatha q. v., which seems to be the more correct form.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atikatha (अतिकथ):—[ati-katha] (tha-thā-thaṃ) a. Incredible.

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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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Partial matches: Katha, Ati, Katta, Kata.

Ends with: Gatikatha, Jayaparvatikatha, Mrigavatikatha, Naravarmanripatikatha, Natikatha, Prabhavatikatha, Pratikatha, Sampratikatha, Shripatikatha, Somavatikatha.

Full-text: Itikatha.

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