Katasi, Kaṭasī: 7 definitions
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Katasi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykaṭasī : (f.) cemetery.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKaṭasī, (f.) (prob. a contamination of kaṭa + sīva(thikā), charnel-house, under influence of foll. va(ḍḍh°), cp. Sk. kaṭa (?) a corpse) a cemetery; only in phrase kaṭasiṃ vaḍḍheti “to increase the cemetery” referring to dying and being buried repeatedly in the course of numerous rebirths, explained by susāna & āḷāhana ThA. 291.—vaḍḍhenti kaṭasiṃ ghoraṃ ādiyanti punabbhavaṃ Vin. II, 296=A. II, 54=Th. 1, 456 (where ācinanti (?) for ādiy°), 575; Th. 2, 502. Also in cpds. °vaḍḍhana J. I, 146; Ud. 72=Nett 174; °vaḍḍhita S. II, 178 sq. = Nd2 664. (Page 176)
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṭasī (कटसी).—A cemetery.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKaṭasī (कटसी).—(= Pali id., °siṃ vaḍḍheti), cemetery, place where unburied corpses are left: Mahāvyutpatti 7105 = Tibetan dur khrod (id.); 7419 °sī vardhitā; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 48.4 (verse) kaṭasī ca vardhenti punaḥ-punas te (i.e. they die again and again; Pali also uses the word only with forms of this verb).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṭasī (कटसी):—[from kaṭ] f. a cemetery, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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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Starts with: Katashilla, Katasikkha.
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