Kathika, Kathikā, Kaṭhikā, Kāthika: 12 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
Kathika, (adj.) (-°) (fr. kathā, cp. Sk. kathaka) relating, speaking, conversing about, expounding, in cpds. citta° Th. 2, 449 (cp. citra-kathin); (a) tiracchāna° A. IV, 153; dhamma° J. I, 148; III, 342; IV, 2 (°thera); VI, 255 (mahā°); as noun a preacher, speaker, expounder A. III, 174; Mhvs 14, 64 (mahā°). (Page 184)
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Kathikā, (f.) (fr. last?) agreement Dpvs 19, 22; see katikā. (Page 184)
kathika (ကထိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[katha+ika,kathāyaṃ sādhu kathiko．,4．77．]
[ကထ+ဣက၊ ကထာယံ သာဓု ကထိကော။ မောဂ်၊ ၄။ ၇၇။]
[Pali to Burmese]
kathika—
(Burmese text): တရားဟောခြင်း-စကားပြောခြင်း-၌ ကောင်းသော၊ သူ၊ အဟော,အပြော ကောင်းသူ။
(Auto-Translation): In preaching and speaking, a good person has good speech.
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
Kaṭhikā (कठिका).—Chalk.
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Kathika (कथिक).—
1) A narrator.
2) A story-teller.
Derivable forms: kathikaḥ (कथिकः).
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Kāthika (काथिक).—[kathāyāṃ sādhuḥ, kathā-ṭhak] A narrator of stories; also a writer of stories.
Derivable forms: kāthikaḥ (काथिकः).
Kathika (कथिक).—(m., = Sanskrit Lex. id.; Pali id. only at end of cpds., chiefly in dhammakathika = [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] dharma- kathika, q.v.), speaker, expounder: Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 28.7 (verse) bahu- śrutaḥ kathika-śreṣṭhaḥ.
Kaṭhikā (कठिका).—f.
(-kā) 1. Chalk. 2. The Tulasi.
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Kathika (कथिक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) A story-teller by profession, a narrator, a relator. E. kathā a tale, and ṭhak aff.
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Kāthika (काथिक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Belonging to a story, told in it, &c. m.
(-kaḥ) A narrator. E. kathā, and ṭhak aff.
1) Kaṭhikā (कठिका):—[from kaṭh] f. chalk, [Horace H. Wilson] (cf. kaṭhinī.)
2) Kathika (कथिक):—[from kath] mfn. a narrator, relater, story-teller by profession, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) Kāthika (काथिक):—mf(ī)n. ([from] 1. kathā), belonging to a tale, told in a tale, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) knowing stories, [Pāṇini 4-4, 102]
5) m. a narrator of stories, [Horace H. Wilson]
1) Kaṭhikā (कठिका):—(kā) 1. f. Chalk; Tulasī.
2) Kathika (कथिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A story-teller.
3) Kāthika (काथिक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Belonging to a story. m. A narrator.
Kaṭhikā (कठिका):—f.
1) Kreide (s. kaṭhinī). —
2) = kaṭhiñjara [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]
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Kathika (कथिक):—adj. subj. = kathaka [Bhūriprayoga] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]
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Kāthika (काथिक):—(von kathā) adj. f. ī bewandert in Erzählungen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 102.]
Kaṭhikā (कठिका):—f. —
1) Kreide. —
2) Ocimum sanctum.
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Kathika (कथिक):—Adj. = kathaka 1).
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Kāthika (काथिक):—Adj. (f. ī) in Erzählungen bewandert.
Kathikā (कथिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kahiyā, Kāhiya.
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
Kathika (ಕಥಿಕ):—[noun] (masc.) a person who relates a story or account; a sttory-teller; a narrator.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ika, Katha, Katta, Kata, Kitta.
Starts with (+0): Kadigal, Kathika Sutta, Kathikalla, Kathikambala, Kathikar, Kathikasannita, Kathikasanthiti, Kathikatva, Katti-katticeval, Kattikai, Kattikatti.
Full-text (+14): Kathamkathika, Dhammakathika, Cittakathika, Dharma-kathika, Vaishvakathika, Kathikasannita, Kathikasanthiti, Paccusakathika, Ananakathika, Divakathika, Tiracchanakathika, Vicitrakathika, Rattikathika, Vicittakathika, Dharmakathaka, Kathika Sutta, Kahiya, Kimkathika, Tiracchanakathakathika, Kathamkathikata.
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