Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
indeclinable
general
如何；怎样；什么样（询问方式、状态或性质）
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?
为何；为什么；何故（询问原因或理由）
why? for what reason?
Part of speech
adjective
Root
kath8说；叙
general
带有言语的；由话语构成的（kathā 的复合词词尾形式，多用于合成词中）
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.
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
kath8说；叙
Synonyms
general
谈说；言谈；话语；交谈
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.
（关于…的）论说；开示；讲说
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.
论议；辩论；诤论
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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