Kathakalapa, Kaṭhakālāpā, Katha-kalapa: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṭhakālāpā (कठकालापा).—P.II. 4.3. Schools of कठ (kaṭha) and कालाप (kālāpa); नन्दन्तु कठकालापाः वर्धन्तां कठकौथुमाः (nandantu kaṭhakālāpāḥ vardhantāṃ kaṭhakauthumāḥ) Mahābhārata on II.4.3. ये च मे कठकालापा बहवो दण्ड- माणवाः (ye ca me kaṭhakālāpā bahavo daṇḍa- māṇavāḥ) Rām.2.32.18.

Derivable forms: kaṭhakālāpāḥ (कठकालापाः).

Kaṭhakālāpā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṭha and kālāpā (कालापा).

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

1) Kaṭhakalāpa (कठकलाप):—[=kaṭha-kalāpa] [from kaṭha] n. or m. [plural] the schools of Kaṭha and Kalāpin, [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 32, 18]

2) [v.s. ...] [gana] kārtakaujapādi, [Pāṇini 6-2, 37.]

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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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