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Entry कठ

कठkaṭha1 N. of a sage, pupil of Vaiśampāyana, teacher of that branch of Yajurveda which is called after him.
1. 1 Name of a sage, pupil of Vaiśampāyana, teacher of that branch of Yajurveda which is called after him.
2. A Brāhmaṇa.
3. A note or simple sound.
4. A kind of ṛik.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ठाः The follower of that sage. के सव्रह्यचारिणोस्येति । कठाः । Mbh. on ParasmaipadaII.2.24.
- -ठी
  
  A female follower of Kaṭha. कठी वृन्दारिका कठवृन्दारिका Mbh. on ParasmaipadaVI.3.42.
  
  The wife of a Brāhmaṇa.
- -अध्यापकः a teacher of the Kaṭha branch of the Yajurveda.
- -उपनिषद् Name of an Upaniṣad (generally said to belong to अथर्ववेद).
- -कालापाः ParasmaipadaII. 4.3. Schools of कठ and कालाप; नन्दन्तु कठकालापाः वर्धन्तां कठकौथुमाः Mbh. on II.4.3. ये च मे कठकालापा बहवो दण्ड- माणवाः Rām.2.32.18.
- -धूर्तः a Brāhmaṇa well-versed in the कठ branch of the Yajurveda.
- -श्रोत्रियः ParasmaipadaV. 2.84. a Brāhmaṇa who has mastered the कठ branch of the Yajurveda.
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