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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for कठ

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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

      1. A female follower of Kaṭha. कठी वृन्दारिका कठवृन्दारिका Mbh. on ParasmaipadaVI.3.42.
      2. 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कठkaṭha(for 2. see s.v.) n. distress (?).
    1. (for 2. see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order) neuter gender distress (?).
    2. masculine gender Name of a sage (a pupil of Vais3ampa1yana वैशम्पायन and founder of a branch of the Yajur-veda यजुर्-वेद, called after him) MBh. etc.
    3. masculine gender a pupil or follower of Kat2ha कठ (especially plural)
    4. masculine gender a Bra1hman Brahman Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · कठ

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