Katana, Kaṭana, Kaṭāna: 9 definitions

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Katana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Katan.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Katana in Philippines is the name of a plant defined with Ricinus communis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Croton spinosus L. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Cytologia (1980)
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (1979)
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)
· Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames (1984)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1981)
· Species Plantarum

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kaṭana, (nt.) (from kaṭa, pp. of karoti) an evil deed A. IV, 172 (v. l. =AA 744 kaṭanaṃ vuccati pāpakammaṃ). (Page 176)

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Katana, (nt.) (fr. kata) a bad deed, injuring, doing evil (cp. kaṭana) J. IV, 42 (yam me akkhāsi ... katanaṃ kataṃ), cp. Morris in J. P. T. S. 1893, 15. (Page 182)

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṭana (कटन).—The roof (or thatch) of a house.

Derivable forms: kaṭanam (कटनम्).

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

Kaṭana (कटन).—n.

(-naṃ) Roof or thatch of a house.

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

Kaṭana (कटन):—n. the roof or thatch of a house, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Kaṭana (कटन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Thatch.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kaṭana (कटन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kaḍaṇa, Kaḍaṇā.

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Kaṭana (कटन) [Also spelled katan]:—(nf) incision; marks of cutting; off-cut; erosion.

2) Kaṭanā (कटना):—(v) to be cut, to be wounded (by a blade etc.); to die in battle; to be destroyed; to pass away time; to complete (a journey, etc.); to be ashamed; to be disconnected; to be deprived of; to be made to part with; [kaṭa maranā] to battle to death; [kaṭanī] harvesting; [kaṭā-kaṭā rahanā] to keep away (from), to avoid contact or coming face to face (with); to keep a distance; [kaṭe para namaka chiḍakanā] to add insult to injury; [kaṭā-kaṭī/kaṭā-marī] quarrelling; violent hostilities, bloodshed.

3) Kāṭanā (काटना) [Also spelled katna]:—(v) to cut; to chip; to chop; to bite; to trim; to prune; to shear; to reap; to mow; to interrupt (e.g.> [bāta~nā]); to fell (e.g. [peḍa~nā]); to pass/mark (e.g.) [vakta~nā]); to while away; to fleece; to divide a number leaving no remainder; —[khānā] to bite; to sting; [kāṭane dauḍanā] to snap/bite one’s nose up, to answer snappishly, to fly into a rage, to fret and fume; [kāṭe khānā] to be snappish, to look spark daggers; arouse a feeling of desolation; [kāṭo to khūna nahīṃ] to be in a blue funk, to be stupefied, to be paralysed by sudden fear/apprehension etc.

4) Kātanā (कातना) [Also spelled katna]:—(v) to spin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaṭāṇa (ಕಟಾಣ):—[noun] the seed of leguminous plants, developed from a simple superior ovary and can be split open along definite structural lines into two valves; a seedpod of a leguminous plant.

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Katana (ಕತನ):—[noun] = ಕತ [kata]1.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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