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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Katth (कत्थ्).—1 Ā. (katthate, katthita)

1) To boast, swagger; कृत्वा कत्थिष्यते न कः (kṛtvā katthiṣyate na kaḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 16.4; कृत्वैतत्कर्मणा सर्वं कत्थेथाः (kṛtvaitatkarmaṇā sarvaṃ katthethāḥ) Mb.

2) To praise, celebrate.

3) To flatter or coax

4) To abuse, revile.

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

Katth (कत्थ्).—[kattha] r. 1st cl. (katthate) 1. To praise or celebrate. 2. To flatter or coax. 3. To boast.

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

Katth (कत्थ्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To boast, Chr. 24, 39. 2. To praise, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 55, 8. 3. To blame, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 7, 33.

— With the prep. vi vi, 1. To boast, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 36, 42. 2. To disparage, Mahābhārata 4, 1299. [Causal.] To humble, [Draupadīpramātha] 9, 10.

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

Katth (कत्थ्).—katthate (katthati) boast, praise, flatter; abuse, blame.

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

Katth (कत्थ्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] katthate, cakatthe, katthitā, etc. ([Dhātupāṭha ii, 36]), to boast, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to mention with praise, praise, celebrate, [Mahābhārata iv, 1252; xvi; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to flatter, coax, [Horace H. Wilson];

—to abuse, revile, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa viii.]

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

Katth (कत्थ्):—(ṅa)katthate 1. d. To praise, to celebrate, to flatter. 10. a. katthayati.

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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 (+54): Kattha, Kattha kala kanpuri, Kattha kanpuri, Kattha mashin, Kattha Sutta, Katthaale, Katthaale naaru, Katthabhani, Katthabhatin, Katthaci, Katthaggi, Katthahala-parivena, Katthahara, Katthahara Bharadvaja, Katthahara Sutta, Katthaharaka, Katthahari Jataka, Katthaharin, Katthahatthin, Katthai.

Ends with: Prakatth, Pravikatth, Vikatth.

Full-text: Vikattha, Vikatthin, Vikatthana, Katthana, Akatthana, Vikatthaniya, Vikatth, Katthita, Katthitavya, Katthin, Vikatthita, Vikatthanatva, Katthakya, Katthaka.

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