Pāli Dictionary

kathaṃ

kastemthaṃsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

general

  • how? in what way? what... like?

  • MN 2

    kiṃ nu kho ahosiṃ atītam'addhānaṃ? kathaṃ nu kho ahosiṃ atītam'addhānaṃ? kiṃ hutvā kiṃ ahosiṃ nu kho ahaṃ atītam'addhānaṃ?

  • why? for what reason?

katha

kathrootkathāstemasuffix

via inflected form kathaṃ · nominative singular / accusative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kath8speak; narrate

general

  • having words; consisting of talk (bound compound-final form of kathā, used in compounds)

  • MN 73

    atthi pana bhoto gotamassa ek'upāsako'pi sāvako gihī odātavasano kāmabhogī sāsanakaro ovādappaṭikaro yo tiṇṇavicikiccho vigatakathaṃkatho vesārajjappatto aparappaccayo satthusāsane viharatī'ti?

  • Snp 3.11

    na munī gāmam'āgamma, kulesu sahasā care, ghās'esanaṃ chinnakatho, na vācaṃ payutaṃ bhaṇe.

kathā

kathrootāsuffix

via inflected form kathaṃ · accusative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

kath8speak; narrate

Synonyms

vācā, antarākathā, bhāsa, sākaccha, sākacchā, samudāhāra

general

  • talk; speech; words; conversation

  • DN 16

    dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṃsesi

  • Snp 5.7

    ākiñcaññaṃ pekkhamāno satimā, n'atthī'ti nissāya tarassu oghaṃ, kāme pahāya virato kathāhi, taṇhakkhayaṃ nattam'ah'ābhipassa.

  • Snp 4.14

    na ca katthitā siyā bhikkhu, na ca vācaṃ payuttaṃ bhāseyya, pāgabbhiyaṃ na sikkheyya, kathaṃ viggāhikaṃ na kathayeyya.

  • a discourse (on); an exposition; a talk about

  • SN 54.9

    tena kho pana samayena bhagavā bhikkhūnaṃ anekapariyāyena asubhakathaṃ katheti, asubhāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, asubhabhāvanāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati.

  • debate; argument; disputation

  • Snp 4.8

    yutto kathāyaṃ parisāya majjhe, pasaṃsam'icchaṃ vinighāti hoti, apāhatasmiṃ pana maṅku hoti, nindāya so kuppati randhamesī.

  • Snp 4.9

    okaṃ pahāya aniketasārī, gāme akubbaṃ muni santhavāni, kāmehi ritto apurekkharāno, kathaṃ na viggayha janena kayirā.

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