feminine · kathā 1 · kathā 2
speech
Kathā (feminine) [from kath to tell or talk, see katheti; nearest synonym is lap, cf. vācābhilāpa and sallāpa 1. talk, talking, conversation A I 130; Pv-a 39. So in antarā° D I 179; Snp pages 107, 115; cf. sallāpa. Also in tiracchāna° low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of conversational talk a bhikkhu should not indulge in, enumerated in full at D I 7 = 178 = III 36 and passim (e.g. S V 419: correct suddha° to yuddha°!; A V 128 = Nidd II §192); referred to at A III 256; V 185; Ja I 58; Pp 35. Similarly in gāma° Snp 922; viggāhikā k. A IV 87; Snp 930. Ten good themes of conversation (kathā-vatthūni) are enumerated at M III 113 = A III 117 = IV 357 = V 67; Miln 344; similarly dhammī kathā A II 51; IV 307; V 192; Snp 325; pavattanī k. A I 151; yutta kathāyaṃ Snp 826; sammodanīyā k. in salutation formula s°ṃ k°ṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā D I 52, 108, etc.; A V 185; Snp 419, past participle 86, 93, 107, 116. 2. speech, sermon, discourse, lecture Vin I 203, 290 (°ṃ karoti to discuss); A III 174; IV 358. Frequently in anupubbi° a sermon in regular succession, graduated sermon, discussing the 4 points of the ladder of "holiness," viz. dānakathā, sīla°, sagga°, magga° (see anupubba) Vin I 15; A III 184; IV 186, 209, 213; Dhp-a I 6; Vv-a 66. 3. a (longer) story, often with vitthāra° an account in detail, e.g. Pv-a 19. bāhira° profane story Pj I 48. 4. word, words, advice: °ṃ gaṇhāti to accept advice Ja II 173; III 424. 5. explanation, exposition, in aṭṭha° (q.v.), cf. gati° Paṭis II 72. 6. discussion, in °vatthu (see below) Mhv 5, 138. — dukkathā harmful conversation or idle talk A III 181; opposite su° A III 182. — kathaṃ vaḍḍheti "to increase the talk," to dispute sharply Ja I 404; V 412. °ṃ samuṭṭhāpeti to start a conversation Ja I 119; IV 73. — At the end of compounds (as adjective) °kathā e.g. chinna° Snp 711; ṭhita° Sv I 73; madhura° Ja III 342; VI 255. -ābhiññāṇa recollection due to speech Miln 78, 79; -ojja (k°-udya, to vad) a dispute, quarrel Snp 825, 828; -dhamma a topic of conversation Sv I 43; -nigghosa the sound of praise, flattery Ja II 350; -pavatti the course of a conversation Ja I 119; Dhp-a I 249; Mhbv 61; -pābhata subject of a conversation, story Ja I 252, 364; -bāhulla abundance of talk, loquacity A IV 87; -magga narrative, account, history Ja I 2; -rasa the sweetness of (this) speech Miln 345; -vatthu 1. subject of a discourse or discussion, argument M I 372; II 127, 132. There are 10 enumerated at A IV 352, 357 (see kathā) and at Vism 19 as qualities of a kalyāṇa-mitta, referred to at A V 67, 129; Vism 127; Dhp-a IV 30. Three are given at D III 220 = A I 197. °kusala well up in the subjects of discussion Vv-a 354. — 2. Name of the fifth book of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka, the seven constituents of which are enumerated at various places (e.g. Sv I 17; Mhbv 94, where Kv takes the 3rd place), see also JPTS 1882, 1888, 1896; -samuṭṭhāna the arising of a discussion Mhv 5, 138; -samuṭṭhāpana starting a conversation Ja I 119; III 278; Dhp-a I 250; -sampayoga conversational intercourse A I 197; -sallāpa talk, conversation Vin I 77; D I 89 f., 107 f.; II 150; M I 178; A II 197; V 188; Ud 40; Ja II 283; Miln 31; Sv I 276 (explained as kathana-paṭikathana); Dhp-a II 91 (°ṃ karoti) Vv-a 153.
talking, talk, conversation; discussion; a talk, discourse; an account, a story; (ind.) how?
【陰】 演講，故事，談話。~pābhata,【中】 會談的主題。~magga,【陽】 敍述，說明。~vatthu,【中】 討論的主題，《論事》論藏第五部。~sallāpa,【陽】 友善的會談。
(fem, fem, from katheti) talk; speech; conversation; discussion speech, story, talk Construction: √kath + ā
(fem, fem, from katheti) argument; debate [lit.] talk Construction: √kath + ā
(fem, fem, in comps, from katheti) discourse about; lecture on; sermon on [lit.] talk on Construction: √kath + ā
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