Kathana, Kathāna: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Kathana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Kathan.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kathana (कथन).—A Rākṣasa living in Sutalam.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 20. 22.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Kathana (कथन) refers to “saying something”, according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “If the teachers who are in the world have little knowledge how can (authentic spiritual) knowledge be protected (from corruption)? (Indeed, such teachers) steal knowledge away. If a disciple disrespects (his) teacher (thinking to himself) ‘I have acquired the essence of (his) knowledge, (it is time to) leave’ (and does so) without saying (kathana) (that he is leaving), the goddesses will block (his development) and make (him) more foolish. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
kathana : (nt.) talk; conversation. || kathāna (nt.), a high numeral with 127 cyphers.
Kathana, (nt.) (fr. kath, see katheti) 1. conversing, talking J. I, 299; III, 459; VI, 340.—2. telling i.e. answering, solving (a question) J. V, 66 (pañha°). -3. preaching DhA. I, 7.—4. reciting, narrating KAcc. 130. Cp. kathita.—akathana not talking or telling J. I, 420; VI, 424; not speaking fr. anger J. IV, 108; DhA. I, 440.
1) kathana (ကထန) [(na) (န)]—
[katha+yu]
[ကထ+ယု]
2) kathanā (ကထနာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[katha+yu+ā]
[ကထ+ယု+အာ]
3) kathāna (ကထာန) [(na) (န)]—
[katha+yu．,ṭī．476．]
[ကထ+ယု။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၄၇၆။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) kathana—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) ပြောဟောခြင်း၊ အနက်ကို ထင်စွာပြခြင်း၊ အဆင့်ဆင့်ပြောဆိုခြင်း၊ ဖြေခြင်း။ (ခ) ဝစီဘေဒသဒ္ဒကို ပြောဆိုကြောင်းဖြစ်သော စိတ္တုပ္ပါဒ်။ (၂) သတ်ခြင်း၊ ညှင်းဆဲခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Speech, clearly explaining the meaning, discussing step by step, answering. (b) The Sutra that speaks of wisdom. (2) Killing, negotiating.
2) kathanā—
(Burmese text): ဝါကြွား-ပလွှား-ပြောဆိုခြင်း။ ကတ္ထနာ-(ခ)-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Wahkwah - Plu - Speaking. Katthana - (K) - Watch.
3) kathāna—
(Burmese text): ကထာနသင်္ချာ၊ ကထာန အရေအတွက်။ (၁-နောင် သုည ၁၂၆-လုံး အရေအတွက်ရှိသော သင်္ချာ)။
(Auto-Translation): Khatana mathematics, Khatana quantity. (Mathematics with a quantity of 126 lines as per 1-nang 0).
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
kaṭhaṇa (कठण).—n See kaṭavaṇī n.
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kaṭhāṇa (कठाण).—n or kaṭhāṇamaṭhāṇa n Pulse or legumes gen. See kāṭhaṇa.
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kathana (कथन).—n (S) Saying, narrating, relating, telling.
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kāṭhaṇa (काठण).—n (kāṣṭa Wood, dāṇā Grain. Grain produced on stalks.) Pulse or legumes gen. By some the term is not applied to the rabī crops, and, hence, not to harabharā, vāṭāṇā, masūra, lākha &c.
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kāṭhāṇa (काठाण).—n Pulse or legumes gen. See kāṭhaṇa.
kathana (कथन).—n Saying, narrating.
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kāṭhaṇa (काठण).—n Pulse or legumes.
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kāṭhāṇa (काठाण).—n Pulse or legumes.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Kathana (कथन).—a. Telling, talkative.
-nam Narration, relation, description.
Kathana (कथन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Talkative. n.
(-naṃ) Saying, narrating, relating. E. katha to say, &c. yuc or lyuṭ aff.
Kathana (कथन).—[kath + ana], n. Relating, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 54.
Kathana (कथन).—[adjective] telling, tale, story.
1) Kathana (कथन):—[from kath] mfn. telling, talkative, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] n. the act of telling, narration, relating, informing, [Suśruta; Bhartṛhari; Pañcatantra etc.]
Kathana (कथन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Saying. a. (naḥ-nā-naṃ)
Kathana (कथन):—(von kathay) n. das Erzählen, Berichten, Mittheilen [Suśruta 1, 316, 4.] [Bhartṛhari 2, 54. 59.] [Pañcatantra 7, 16. I, 13. II, 191.] [Hitopadeśa 30, 18.]
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Kathana (कथन):—das Nennen, Erwähnen [SARVADARŚANAS. 104, 7.]
Kathana (कथन):—n. das Erzählen , Berichten , Mittheilen , Erwähnen.
Kathana (कथन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kahaṇa, Kahaṇā, Ṇivvaraṇa, Bollaa, Vajjaraṇa.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Kathana (कथन) [Also spelled kathan]:—(nm) saying, statement, utterance; speech.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Kathana (ಕಥನ):—[noun] narration a) the act or process of narrating; the telling of a story or of happenings; b) a story or account; a narrative.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Kathana (कथन):—n. utterance; narration; saying; discourse; speech;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Yu, Ao, Yu, A, Katha, Katta, Kata, Kitta.
Starts with (+4): Katanayakan, Kathanabhikkhu, Kathanacitta, Kathanagai, Kathanak, Kathanak-chalchitr, Kathanaka, Kathanaka-calacitra, Kathanakala, Kathanakara, Kathanakatha, Kathanakavana, Kathanalapa, Kathanamukha, Kathanapadesa, Kathanaphul, Kathanappatikathana, Kathanappayoga, Kathanasamattha, Kathanasila.
Full-text (+961): Kathanaka, Anukathana, Mahakathana, Samkathana, Lakkhana, Prakathana, Mushtikakathana, Kattanam, Kathanakara, Kathanasila, Gunakathana, Patikathana, Prakathanam, Nakshatradevatakathana, Nadiparikshadicikitsakathana, Pitrigitakathana, Pishacamocanakathana, Gathakathana, Upamakathana, Vikarakathana.
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