kathaṃ hi · kathaṃ kattar · kathaṃ kathaṃ
Kathaṃ (adverb) [cf. Vedic kathaṃ and kathā] doubt. interrogative particle 1. how; with indicative present Pv-a 6 (k. puriso paṭilabhati), or with future and conditional Ja I 222; II 159 (k. tattha gamissāmi); VI 500; Pv-a 54 (na dassāmi) 2. why, for what reason? Ja III 81; V 506. Combined with °ca Vin I 114; II 83. °carahi D II 192. °nu and °nu kho Vin II 26, Ja III 99; IV 339; Nidd II §189, see also evaṃ nu kho. °pana D II 163. °su Nidd II §189. °hi Ja IV 339; Dhp-a I 432. °hi nāma Vin I 45; II 105; III 137; IV 300; all with the same meaning; °ci (kathañci) scarcely, with difficulty Thag 456. -kathā "saying how? how?" i.e. doubt, uncertainty, unsettled mind (cf. kaṅkhā); explained as vicikicchā dukkhe kaṅkhā Nidd II §190; D II 282; Snp 500, 866, 1063, 1088; Dhp-a IV 194; as adjective and at end of compound °katha, e.g. vigata° (in phrase tiṇṇa-vicikiccha ... vesārajjappatta) D I 110 = Vin I 12; tiṇṇa° (+ visalla) Snp 17, 86, 367. k.-k.-salla "the arrow of doubt" D II 283 {184} (vicikicchā + k.); -kathin having doubts, unsettled, uncertain D II 287; M I 8; Nidd II §191; As 352; a° free from doubt, especially of Arahant (explained Sv I 211: "not saying how and how is this?"); M I 108; It 49; Snp 534, 635, 868, 1064; in phrases tiṇṇa-vicikiccho viharati akathankathī kosalesu dhammesu D I 71 = Pp 59, jhāyī anejo a° Dhp 414 (Dhp-a IV 194) = Snp 638; -kara (adjective) how acting, what doing? k. ahaṃ no Nirayam pateyyaṃ ("τί ποιῶν μακάριος ἔσομαι") Ja IV 339; Snp 376; Ja IV 75; V 148; -jīvin leading what kind of life? Snp 181; -dassin holding what views? Snp 848 (see °sīla); -pakāra of what kind Vin I 358; Snp 241 (kathappakāra); -paṭipanna going what way, i.e. how acting? D II 277, 279, 281; -bhāvita how cultivated or practised? S V 119; -bhūta "how being," of what sort, what like D II 139, 158; -rūpa of what kind? M I 218; A I 249; III 35; Ja III 525; -vaṇṇa of what appearance, what like? D II 244; -vidha what sort of? Ja V 95, 146; As 305; -sameta how constituted? Snp 873; -sīla of what character or conduct? how in his morality? Snp 848 (kathaṃdassī kathaṃsīlo upasanto ti vuccati).
【副】 如何？ ~kathā,【陰】疑惑，不確定。~kathī,【形】 疑心的人。~kara,【形】 如何做，做什麽的？ ~bhūta,【形】 什麽種類的？ 什麽樣的？ ~vidha, ~pakāra,【形】 什麽類型？ ~sīla,【形】 什麽戒的？
(idiom, idiom) how possibly how indeed?
(idiom, idiom, fem + masc) who gives a talk; speaker [lit.] maker of a talk
(idiom, idiom) just how in which way?
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