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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kathāprasaṅga (कथाप्रसङ्ग).—a.

1) talkative, talking much and foolishly.

2) mad, foolish. (-ṅgaḥ) 1 conversation, talk or course of conversation; नानाकथाप्रसङ्गावस्थितः (nānākathāprasaṅgāvasthitaḥ) H.1; कथाप्रसङ्गेन विवादं किल चक्रतुः (kathāprasaṅgena vivādaṃ kila cakratuḥ) Kathāsaritsāgara 22.181; N.1.35.

2) a curer of poisons (viṣavaidya); कथाप्रसङ्गो वार्तायां विषवैद्येऽपि वाच्यवत् (kathāprasaṅgo vārtāyāṃ viṣavaidye'pi vācyavat) Viśvakoṣa. कथाप्रसंगेन जनैरुदाहृताम् (kathāprasaṃgena janairudāhṛtām) Kirātārjunīya 1.24 (where the word is used in sense 1 also).

Kathāprasaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kathā and prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग).

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

Kathāprasaṅga (कथाप्रसङ्ग).—mfn.

(-ṅgaḥ-ṅgā-ṅgaṃ) 1. Talkative, talking much and foolishly. 2. Half-witted, foolish. 3. A conjuror, a dealer in antidotes, &c. m.

(-ṅgaḥ) 1. Talking, conversation, speaking to or with. 2. Rumour, report. E. kathā a fable, and prasaṅga who relates.

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

Kathāprasaṅga (कथाप्रसङ्ग).—m. conversation, [Hitopadeśa] 61, 7, M. M.

Kathāprasaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kathā and prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग).

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

1) Kathāprasaṅga (कथाप्रसङ्ग):—[=kathā-prasaṅga] [from kathā > kath] m. occasion to speak or talk

2) [v.s. ...] course of conversation, [Naiṣadha-carita; Hitopadeśa]

3) [=kathā-prasaṅga] [from kathā > kath] mfn. talkative, talking much, half-witted, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a conjurer, dealer in antidotes etc.

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

Kathāprasaṅga (कथाप्रसङ्ग):—[kathā-prasaṅga] (ṅgaḥ-ṅgā-ṅgaṃ) a. Talkative; foolish; a conjuror. n. Talking, conversation, report.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kathāprasaṃga (ಕಥಾಪ್ರಸಂಗ):—

1) [noun] a long and formal treatment of a subject, in speech or writing; a discourse.

2) [noun] the arrangement of the incidents in a play, novel, narrative poem, etc.; a plot.

3) [noun] an incident that happens in connection which something is said, referred or related.

context information

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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Partial matches: Katha, Prasanga, Katta, Kata.

Starts with: Kathaprasangat.

Full-text: Kathaprasangena, Kathaprasangat, Anushtubh.

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