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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कथकkathakaa.A narrator, a relator.

    [कथ्-ण्वुल्]

    A narrator, a relator.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. A chief actor, speaker of a prologue.
      2. A disputant.
      3. A story-teller.
    Source: ApteApte entry

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कथकkathaka[katha-ka] a. telling; m. narrator.

    [katha-ka] adjective telling; masculine narrator.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कथकkathakamfn. relating, reciting, S3a1ntis3.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective relating, reciting, S3a1ntis3.
    2. masculine gender a narrator, relater, one who recites a story (or who publicly reads and expounds the Pura1n2as पुराण s etc.), one who speaks or tells, a professional story-teller MBh. Katha1s. etc.
    3. masculine gender the speaker of a prologue or monologue, chief actor Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender Name of a man
    5. masculine gender of a being in the retinue of Skanda स्कन्द .
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  2. धर्मकथकdharmakathakam. propounder of the law (v.l. ˚थिक) Buddh.

    masculine gender propounder of the law (varia lectio that the rest of a word is to be suppliedथिक) Buddh.

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