talk, speech, conversation

SNP 61 upasīva māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 6

ākiñcaññaṃ pekkhamāno satimā, natthī'ti nissāya tarassu oghaṃ, kāme pahāya virato kathāhi, taṇhakkhayaṃ nattam'ah'ābhipassa.

SNP 52 tuvaṭakasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 14

na ca katthitā siyā bhikkhu, na ca vācaṃ payuttaṃ bhāseyya, pāgabbhiyaṃ na sikkheyya, kathaṃ viggāhikaṃ na kathayeyya.

argument, debate, lit. talk

SNP 46 pasūrasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 8

yutto kathāyaṃ parisāya majjhe, pasaṃsam'icchaṃ vinighāti hoti, apāhatasmiṃ pana maṅku hoti, nindāya so kuppati randhamesī.

discourse about, lecture on, sermon on, lit. talk on

SN 54.9 vesālīsuttaṃ

tena kho pana samayena bhagavā bhikkhūnaṃ anekapariyāyena asubha-kathaṃ katheti, asubhāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, asubhabhāvanāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati.

kathā¹

feminine talking, talk, conversation; discussion; a talk, discourse; an account, a story.

kathā²

ind. how?.

…Mil.344 similarly dhammī kathā AN.ii.51; AN.iv.307; AN.v.192; Snp.325 pavattanī k. AN.i.151; yutta kathāyaṃ Snp.826; sammodanīyā k….

not confused, without doubt, lit. not asking how

MN 39 mahāassapurasuttaṃ

akathaṃkathī kusalesu dhammesu vicikicchāya cittaṃ parisodheti

conversation, discussion, lit. in-between talk

AN 5.143 sārandadasuttaṃ

kāya nu'ttha, licchavī, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā, kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā'ti

AN 6.61 majjhesuttaṃ

tena kho pana samayena sambahulānaṃ therānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantānaṃ maṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ ayam'antarākathā udapādi, vuttam'idaṃ, āvuso, bhagavatā pārāyane metteyyapañhe.

talk that develops progressively, graduated instruction, systematic talk

AN 5.159 udāyīsuttaṃ

anupubbiṃ kathaṃ kathessāmī'ti paresaṃ dhammo desetabbo.

discourse on ugliness, discussion on foulness

SN 54.9 vesālīsuttaṃ

atha kho te bhikkhū, bhagavā anekapariyāyena asubhakathaṃ katheti, asubhāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, asubhabhāvanāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsatī'ti anek'ākāravokāraṃ asubhabhāvan'ānuyogam'anuyuttā viharanti.

this conversation, this discussion, lit. this in-between talk

AN 6.61 majjhesuttaṃ

tena kho pana samayena sambahulānaṃ therānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantānaṃ maṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ ayam'antarākathā udapādi, vuttam'idaṃ, āvuso, bhagavatā pārāyane metteyyapañhe.

SN 42.10 maṇicūḷakasuttaṃ

tena kho pana samayena rāj'antepure rājaparisāya sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ ayam'antarākathā udapādi

commentary, exegesis, lit. explain the meaning

VISM 1.9.2 karuṇā bhāvanā kathā

aṅguttar'aṭṭhakathāyaṃ pana paṭhamaṃ veripuggalo karuṇāyitabbo, tasmiṃ cittaṃ muduṃ katvā duggato, tato piyapuggalo, tato attā'ti, ayaṃ kamo vutto.

cut off talk, i.e. silent

SNP 37 nālakasuttaṃ mahāvaggo 11

na munī gāmam'āgamma, kulesu sahasā care, ghās'esanaṃ chinnakatho, na vācaṃ payutaṃ bhaṇe.

Dhamma talk, discourse about the nature of things

DHPa 1.1.1 cakkhupālatthera vatthu

tadā sāvatthiyaṃ satta manussakoṭiyo vasanti. tesu satthu dhammakathaṃ sutvā pañcakoṭimattā manussā ariyasāvakā jātā, dvekoṭimattā manussā puthujjanā.

with a Dhamma talk

AN 4.48 visākhasuttaṃ

tena kho pana samayena āyasmā visākho pañcālaputto upaṭṭhānasālāyaṃ bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṃseti

Dhamma talk, religious talk, spiritual talk

SN 47.10 bhikkhunupassayasuttaṃ

atha kho āyasmā ānando tā bhikkhuniyo dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā uṭṭhāy'āsanā pakkāmi

SN 22.1 nakulapitusuttaṃ

alattha no ajja bhagavato sammukhā dhammiṃ kathaṃ savanāyā'ti?

village talk, village gossip

SNP 52 tuvaṭakasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 14

cakkhūhi n'eva lol'assa, gāmakathāya āvaraye sotaṃ, rase ca n'ānugijjheyya, na ca mamāyetha kiñci lokasmiṃ.

such talk about existence or non-existence, talk about this or that state of existence

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ mahāmattakathaṃ senākathaṃ bhayakathaṃ yuddhakathaṃ annakathaṃ pānakathaṃ vatthakathaṃ sayanakathaṃ mālākathaṃ gandhakathaṃ ñātikathaṃ yānakathaṃ gāmakathaṃ nigamakathaṃ nagarakathaṃ janapadakathaṃ itthikathaṃ sūrakathaṃ visikhākathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṃ pubbapetakathaṃ nānattakathaṃ lok'akkhāyikaṃ samudd'akkhāyikaṃ itibhavābhavakathaṃ iti vāti

gravel, small stone, pebble

MN 39 mahāassapurasuttaṃ

attha cakkhumā puriso tīre ṭhito passeyya sippikasambukam'pi sakkhara-kathalam'pi macchagumbam'pi carantam'pi tiṭṭhantam'pi

speaks, tells, relates

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

taṃ kathaṃ kathaye dhīro, aviruddho anussito, anunnatena manasā, apaḷāso asāhaso.

SNP 52 tuvaṭakasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 14

na ca katthitā siyā bhikkhu, na ca vācaṃ payuttaṃ bhāseyya, pāgabbhiyaṃ na sikkheyya, kathaṃ viggāhikaṃ na kathayeyya.

and how?

MN 40 cūḷāssapurasuttaṃ

kathañ'ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadaṃ paṭipanno hoti?

SN 35.247 chappāṇakasuttaṃ

kathañ'ca, bhikkhave, saṃvaro hoti? idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā piyarūpe rūpe n'ādhimuccati, appiyarūpe rūpe na byāpajjati, upaṭṭhitakāyassati ca viharati appamāṇacetaso

how indeed!? why indeed!?

SN 22.1 nakulapitusuttaṃ

kathañ'hi no siyā, bhante! idān'āhaṃ, bhante, bhagavatā dhammiyā kathāya amatena abhisitto'ti.

speaks, talks, lit. speaks speech

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

atītaṃ vā, bhikkhave, addhānaṃ ārabbha kathaṃ katheyya, evaṃ ahosi atītam'addhānan'ti.

AN 5.159 udāyīsuttaṃ

na āmisantaro kathaṃ kathessāmī'ti paresaṃ dhammo desetabbo.

who gives a talk, lit. maker of a talk

AN 8.30 anuruddha mahāvitakkasuttaṃ

tatra bhikkhu viveka-ninnena cittena viveka-poṇena viveka-pabbhārena vivek'aṭṭhena nekkhamma-abhiratena aññadatthu uyyojanika-paṭisaṃyuttaṃ-y'eva kathaṃ kattā hoti

how? how indeed!?

SNP 59 mettagū māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 4

yaṃ taṃ apucchimha akittayī no, aññaṃ taṃ pucchāma tad'iṅgha brūhi, kathaṃ nu dhīrā vitaranti oghaṃ, jātiṃ jaraṃ sokapariddavañ'ca, taṃ me muni sādhu viyākarohi, tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo.

SNP 47 māgaṇḍiyasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 9

vinicchayā yāni pakappitāni, te ve munī brūsi anuggahāya, ajjhattasantī'ti yam'etam'atthaṃ, kathaṃ nu dhīrehi paveditaṃ taṃ.

how? why?

SN 47.14 ukkacelasuttaṃ

kathañ'ca bhikkhave bhikkhu attadīpo viharati?

SNP 59 mettagū māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 4

yaṃ taṃ apucchimha akittayī no, aññaṃ taṃ pucchāma tad'iṅgha brūhi, kathaṃ nu dhīrā vitaranti oghaṃ, jātiṃ jaraṃ sokapariddavañ'ca, taṃ me muni sādhu viyākarohi, tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo.

how? what kind? what way? lit. how become?

AN 10.48 dasadhammasuttaṃ

kathaṃbhūtassa me rattindivā vītivattantī'ti pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ paccavekkhitabbaṃ

of what view? of what opinion? seeing how?

SNP 48 purābhedasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 10

kathaṃdassī kathaṃsīlo, upasanto'ti vuccati, taṃ me gotama pabrūhi, pucchito uttamaṃ naraṃ.

confusion, doubt, questioning, lit. asking how?

SNP 60 dhotaka māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 5

passām'ahaṃ devamanussaloke, akiñcanaṃ brāhmaṇam'iriyamānaṃ, taṃ taṃ namassāmi samantacakkhu, pamuñca maṃ sakka kathaṃkathāhi.

SNP 64 todeyya māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 9

yasmiṃ kāmā na vasanti, taṇhā yassa na vijjati, kathaṃkathā ca yo tiṇṇo, vimokkho tassa n'āparo.

who is confused, who is not sure, who is in doubt, lit. asking how?

MN 2.2 sabbāsavasuttaṃ

etarahi vā paccuppannam'addhānaṃ ajjhattaṃ kathaṃkathī hoti, ahaṃ nu kho'smi? no nu kho'smi? kiṃ nu kho'smi? kathaṃ nu kho'smi? ayaṃ nu kho satto kuto āgato? so kuhiṃ gāmī bhavissatī'ti?

SNP 60 dhotaka māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 5

n'āhaṃ sahissāmi pamocanāya, kathaṃkathiṃ dhotaka kañci loke, dhammañ'ca seṭṭhaṃ abhijānamāno, evaṃ tuvaṃ ogham'imaṃ taresi.

doing what? acting how?

MN 22 alagaddūpamasuttaṃ

kathaṃkārī ca so, bhikkhave, puriso tasmiṃ kulle kiccakārī assa?

what kind?

AN 3.101 loṇakapallasuttaṃ

kathaṃrūpassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa appamattakam'pi pāpakammaṃ kataṃ tam'enaṃ nirayaṃ upaneti?

AN 3.101 loṇakapallasuttaṃ

kathaṃrūpaṃ, bhikkhave, orabbhiko vā urabbhaghātako vā urabbhaṃ adinnaṃ ādiyamānaṃ pahoti hantuṃ vā bandhituṃ vā jāpetuṃ vā yathāpaccayaṃ vā kātuṃ?

how?

SNP 62 nanda māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 7

santi loke munayo, janā vadanti ta'y'idaṃ kathaṃsu, ñāṇ'ūpapannaṃ no muniṃ vadanti, udāhu ve jīviten'ūpapannaṃ.

of what character? of what conduct?

SNP 48 purābhedasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 10

kathaṃdassī kathaṃsīlo, upasanto'ti vuccati, taṃ me gotama pabrūhi, pucchito uttamaṃ naraṃ.

wanting to talk, wishing to speak

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

sace c'assa kathākāmo, kālam'aññāya paṇḍito, dhammaṭṭhapaṭisaṃyuttā, yā ariyacaritā kathā.

friendly conversation, amicable discussion

AN 6.61 majjhesuttaṃ

ekam'antaṃ nisinnā kho therā bhikkhū yāvatako ahosi sabbeh'eva saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo, taṃ sabbaṃ bhagavato ārocesuṃ.

engaging in conversation, lit. talk interaction

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

kathāsampayogena, bhikkhave, puggalo veditabbo yadi vā kaccho yadi vā akaccho'ti.

topic of conversation, lit. ground for speech

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

appicchakathā, santuṭṭhikathā, pavivekakathā, asaṃsaggakathā, vīriyārambhakathā, sīlakathā, samādhikathā, paññākathā, vimuttikathā, vimuttiñāṇadassanakathāti, imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa kathāvatthūni.

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

tīṇ'imāni, bhikkhave, kathāvatthūni. katamāni tīṇi?

gravel, small stone, pebble

AN 3.27 jigucchitabbasuttaṃ

seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, duṭṭhāruko kaṭṭhena vā kaṭhalāya vā ghaṭṭito bhiyyosomattāya āsavaṃ deti.

potsherd, piece of broken earthenware

SN 42.6 asibandhakaputtasuttaṃ

tatra y'āssa sakkharā vā kaṭhalā vā sā adhogāmī assa, yañ'ca khv'assa tatra sappi vā telaṃ vā taṃ uddhaṃ gāmi assa.

well gossip, water-cooler gossip, lit. water-jar-place-talk

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

nigamakathaṃ nagarakathaṃ janapadakathaṃ itthikathaṃ sūrakathaṃ visikhākathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṃ pubbapetakathaṃ nānattakathaṃ lok'akkhāyikaṃ samudd'akkhāyikaṃ itibhavābhavakathaṃ iti vāti

chatting about this and that, talk about various topics

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

nigamakathaṃ nagarakathaṃ janapadakathaṃ itthikathaṃ sūrakathaṃ visikhākathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṃ pubbapetakathaṃ nānattakathaṃ lok'akkhāyikaṃ samudd'akkhāyikaṃ itibhavābhavakathaṃ iti vāti

talk about kings

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ mahāmattakathaṃ senākathaṃ bhayakathaṃ yuddhakathaṃ annakathaṃ pānakathaṃ vatthakathaṃ sayanakathaṃ mālākathaṃ gandhakathaṃ ñātikathaṃ yānakathaṃ gāmakathaṃ

pebbles and gravel

MN 39 mahāassapurasuttaṃ

attha cakkhumā puriso tīre ṭhito passeyya sippisambukam'pi sakkharakathalam'pi macchagumbam'pi, carantam'pi tiṭṭhantam'pi

AN 3.102 paṃsudhovakasuttaṃ

santi, bhikkhave, jātarūpassa oḷārikā upakkilesā paṃsuvālukā sakkharakaṭhalā. tam'enaṃ paṃsudhovako vā paṃsudhovak'antevāsī vā doṇiyaṃ ākiritvā dhovati sandhovati niddhovati.

having exchanged pleasantries and concluded polite conversation

MN 18 madhupiṇḍikasuttaṃ

sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā daṇḍam'olubbha ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhāsi

SN 46.53 aggisuttaṃ

sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdiṃsu. ekam'antaṃ nisinne kho te bhikkhū aññatitthiyā paribbājakā etad'avocuṃ

quarrelsome speech, angry talk

DHP 133 daṇḍavaggo

m'āvoca pharusaṃ kañci, vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṃ, dukkhā hi sārambhakathā, paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṃ.

talk about ethical conduct, talk about correct behaviour

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

appicchakathā, santuṭṭhikathā, pavivekakathā, asaṃsaggakathā, vīriyārambhakathā, sīlakathā, samādhikathā, paññākathā, vimuttikathā, vimuttiñāṇadassanakathāti, imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa kathāvatthūni.

useless talk, low talk, lit. animal talk

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū pacchā-bhattaṃ piṇḍapāta-paṭikkantā upaṭṭhānasālāyaṃ sannisinnā sannipatitā anekavihitaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti

free from doubt, gone beyond doubt, lit. crossed beyond doubt

SNP 1 uragasuttaṃ uragavaggo 1

yo nīvaraṇe pahāya pañca, anigho tiṇṇakathaṃkatho visallo, so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ, urago jiṇṇam'iva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

quarrelsome talk, contentious talk, argumentative speech

AN 7.61 pacalāyamānasuttaṃ

tasmā't'iha moggallāna evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ na viggāhikakathaṃ kathessāmī'ti

street talk, gossip, word on the street

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

nigamakathaṃ nagarakathaṃ janapadakathaṃ itthikathaṃ sūrakathaṃ visikhākathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṃ pubbapetakathaṃ nānattakathaṃ lok'akkhāyikaṃ samudd'akkhāyikaṃ itibhavābhavakathaṃ iti vāti

detailed explanation, detailed commentary

VISM 1.9.2 karuṇā bhāvanā kathā

ayaṃ karuṇābhāvanāya vitthārakathā.

but how is then? and how then?

AN 10.176 cundasuttaṃ

yathā kathaṃ pana, bhante, ariyassa vinaye soceyyaṃ hoti? sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā tathā dhammaṃ desetu yathā ariyassa vinaye soceyyaṃ hotī'ti

SN 21.10 theranāmakasuttaṃ

yathā kathaṃ pana tvaṃ, thera, ekavihārī ekavihārassa ca vaṇṇavādī'ti?

in what way? lit. like how?

SN 22.35 aññatarabhikkhusuttaṃ

yathākathaṃ pana tvaṃ bhikkhu mayā saṃkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṃ ājānāsī'ti

talk about family, talk about relatives

AN 10.69 paṭhama kathāvatthusuttaṃ

rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ mahāmattakathaṃ senākathaṃ bhayakathaṃ yuddhakathaṃ annakathaṃ pānakathaṃ vatthakathaṃ sayanakathaṃ mālākathaṃ gandhakathaṃ ñātikathaṃ yānakathaṃ gāmakathaṃ

talk that develops progressively, graduated instruction, systematic talk

AN 5.159 udāyīsuttaṃ

ānupubbikathaṃ kathessāmī'ti paresaṃ dhammo desetabbo.

KaṭṭhakāKathakā

A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

The pupil of a “bamboo acrobat” of long ago. His master called to him one day and asked him to climb the bamboo and to stand on his shoulder. Then the master suggested that they should watch and look …

discourse about the doctrine or about dhamma

free from doubt

free from doubt

mutual talk, conversation (between)

profitable talk, talk of the goal

pot with a handle.

discourse on dhamma; talk about dhamma.

talk connected with dhamma.

wrong discourse, harmful talk

gravel; a pebble; a fragment (of earthenware), a potsherd

potsherd; scraper

kathan nu (kho)

(?) how indeed? how possibly? how on earth? how really? exactly like what?

kathan nu (kho)

(?) how indeed? how possibly? how on earth? how really? exactly like what?

speaks, tells; recounts; teaches; speaks about, explains; preaches

somehow or rather; with some difficulty

how, pray? how indeed?

how possibly how indeed?

+ fut. (or occasionally + opt.) how could …? how could … possibly? (expressing amazement and/or disapproval)

just how/ in which way?

(before vowels sometimes kath’) how? in what way? how is it that …? what … like?; kathaṃ is often followed by one or more particles:katham preceded by yathä, however? in what way.

belonging to what gotta?

living in what way?

living in what way?

questioning, uncertain; full of doubt

questioning, uncertain; full of doubt

questioning, doubt

how acting? acting in what way?

how acting? acting in what way?

what sort of? like what?

determined, effected in what way?

story to tell; a story worth telling

conversation; dialogue

subject for discourse or a story; a subject of conversation

gravel; a pebble; a fragment (of earthenware), a potsherd

potsherd; scraper

various sorts of talk, tale, trivial conversation.

good discourse, well directed talk

worldly, frivolous talk; chatter, gossip.

an exposition or narrative in a regular order; an account of previous events; a progressive or gradual sermon; instruction step by step.

cooking pot holding an āḷhaka of rice

…- samyutta and Pts.M. ābhisamaya - kathā.

…ignorance see Pts.M., ñāna Kathā. They represent, therefore, the aspect of firmness in the spiritual abilities.

According to A. V. 15, the power…

[[foolish babble]]Foolish babble: sampha - ppalāpa see: kamma, kamma -pat ha I; cf. tiracchāna - kathā.

[[frivolous talk]]Frivolous talk: cf. tiracchāna - kathā kamma-patha I, 7, kamma.

[[gradual instruction]]Gradual instruction: Ānupubbīkathā

…is applied to it D. 28. See further Pts.M., Iddhi-kathā, Vis.M XII.

…in the first para. of the Kathāvatthu, a work of the Abhidhamma Pitaka see: Guide, p. 62. App: vohāra.

The commentarial discussions on these…

…Section pakinnakakathā of the Com. to Cariyapitaka

In Vis.M IX it is said that through developing the 4 sublime states…

…Vis.M XIV, 21ff; Vibh. XV; Pts.M. Patisambhidā Kathā.

Talk: low: tiracchāna - kathā

Tiracchāna-kathā: ‘low talk’, lit. ‘beastly talk’, is the name in the sutta-texts for the following:;Talk about kings and robbers, ministers…

…Ratana Sutta Sn. v. 22 and in Pts.M. 1, ñānakathā.

Ānupubbī-kathā: ‘gradual instruction’, progressive teaching; given by the Buddha when it was necessary to first prepare the listener’s mind…

…LIV. - Pts.M. Ānāpānakathā - Full explanation of practice in Vis.M VIII, 145ff. - For a comprehensive anthology of canonical and…

…matters, MN.i.214, MN.i.218; AN.iii.106, AN.iii.392. See dhammakathā.

abhi + dhamma

…speech = tiracchanakathā Cnd.561); Iti.89 (? reading abhilāpāyaṃ uncertain, vv.ll. abhipāyaṃ abhipāpāyaṃ abhisāpāyaṃ,…

adjective austere, stern, only in f. -ā (scil. kathā) AN.iii.117 sq.; AN.iv.352, AN.iv.357; AN.v.67.

abhi + sallekha + ika

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

adjective relating, narrating Ja.iii.535; lokakkhāyikā kathā talk about nature-lore DN.i.8; Mil.316.

…(pref.) see compounds

• -kathā “in between talk, talk for pastime, chance conversation DN.ii.1, DN.ii.8, DN.ii.9; SN.i.79;…

…like ānupubbikathā (fr. *pubbānupubba˚), ānubhāva etc. We find ānu also in comb^n. with an-under the influence of…

…Vism.244.

anu +…

acting in turn, gradation, succession Vv.64#14 (= anukūla kiriyā i.e. as it pleases Vv-a.280) cp. ānupubbatā. Anupubbi-katha

fr. anupubba

…is frequently ānupubbikathā (as to lengthening of anu see anu Note
a), e.g. at DN.i.110;…

1. to take away, remove MN.i.96 = AN.i.198 (kathaṃ bahiddhā a. carry outside) Kp.viii.4 (= aññaṃ ṭhānaṃ gameti Kp-a.220).
2. [= Sk. ava-namati] to bend down, lower, put down Vin.ii.208 (chattaṃ); SN …

…Iti.81; Dhp-a.i.76.

• -kathā talk about impurity Vin.iii.68.
• -kammaṭṭhāna reflection…

…and aṭṭha-kathā (see below). On term see also Cpd. 4
■ SN.iii.93 (atthaṃ vibhajati explain the sense); AN.i.23 (id.),…

pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).

I. Form …

…into fit talk as the 10 kathā-vatthus, and unfit talk or gossip, as the 32 tiracchāna-kathā).

• -kāraka one who…

to split, break, sever destroy, ruin. In two bases: *bhid (with der. *bhed) *bhind;

1. *bhid: aor. 3^rd sg. abhida (= Sk abhidat) DN.ii.107; Ja.iii.29 (see als …

…the so-called mangala-kathā) at Kp-a.118 (with variant reading SS. cāta˚ & vāca˚, BB cāba˚) = Mnd.87 (on Snp.790) (T. reads vāta˚;…

…Vin.ii.170 (loha˚), Vin.iii.90.

cp. Sk. bhāṇḍaka a small box: Kathāsarits. 24, 163; & see Müller, P.Gr. p. 48

…of the Jātak’ aṭṭhakathā
■ Convinced that asceticism was not the way to enlightenment, he renounced austerities. He became…

…external Thag.634.

• -kathā non-religious discourse, profane story Mil.24 (applied to the introductory chapter, thus…

…-kathā unreligious discussion, profane story Kp-a.118 (cp. bāhirakathā).

• -tapa = foll. Ja.i.390. *…

…MN.i.171; AN.iv.87 (˚kathā) AN.iv.87; Pts.i.197; Ja.i.81. 2. luxurious living, swaggering, puffed up frame of mind Vin.i.9, Vin.i.59,…

adverb then, therefore now, esp. after interr. pron.: ko carahi jānāti who then knows? Snp.990; kathañ carahi jānemu how then shall we know? Snp.999; kiñ c. AN.v.194
■ Vin.i.36; Vin.ii.292; Snp.988; …

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

…forbidden pastimes, see kathā) DN.i.7 = Vin.i.188≈;

• -ghātaka an executioner AN.ii.207;…

…DN.iii.280; Vism.197;

• -kathā talk about munificence AN.iii.181;
• -dhana the treasure of the good gift,…

…measuring) Vin.ii.116;

• -kathālikā a large kettle with a handle Vin.i.286;
• -kamma punishment by…

…Dh. Mil.110, Mil.335.

• -kathā ethical discussion, fit utterance, conversation about the Dh. advice DN.iii.151; Ja.i.217;…

…SN.ii.280 (dhammikā kathā) SN.iii.240 (āhāra); SN.iv.203 (dhammikā devā, adh˚ asurā) AN.i.75; AN.iii.277; Snp.404; Dhp-a.ii.86…

in ˚kathā see dhamma².

…Mil.348 Mil.351; Vism.59 (˚kathā), Vism.65 (˚cora), Vism.72 (id.), Vism.80 (defⁿ) Snp-a.494; Dhp-a.i.68; Dhp-a.ii.32 (dhūtanga);…

to hold, viz.

1. to carry, bear, wear, possess; to put on, to bring give DN.i.166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.i.16 = DN.i.110 (telapajjotaṃ); DN.ii.19 (chattaṃ to hold a sunshade over a person); Pv-a.4 …

…(id.); SN.iii.65.

• -kathā Name of 3^rd book of the Abhidhamma Vism.96
• -kucchi womb…

adjective noun

1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

…AN.iv.239 = DN.iii.258

• -kathā talk or conversation about (the merit & demerit of almsgiving, one of the anupubbi-kathā Vin.i.15 Vin.i.18 *…

The three formations (described below in the etymology) are represented in Pāli as follows.

1. gacch˚, in
   pres gacchati;
   imper gaccha & gacchāhi;
   pot gacche (Dhp.46, Dhp.224) & gacchey …

…DN.i.5 = Kp ii.DN.i.7 (˚kathā); Vin.ii.123; Snp.401; Ja.i.50, Ja.i.291; Pv-a.62. The use of scented ointment (-vilepana & ālepa see…

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

ancestry, lineage. There is no word in English for gotta. It includes all those descended, or supposed to be descended, from a common ancestor. A gotta name is al …

…âbhibhūto peto.

• -kathā “tale of virtue,” praise Ja.i.307; Ja.ii.2.
• -kittana telling…

to cause to take; to cause to be seized or fetched; to remove. Aor, gāhāpesi Ja.i.53; Ja.ii.37; gāhāpayi Pv.iv.1#42
ger gāhāpetvā Ja.i.166; Ja.ii.127; Ja.iii.281; Dhp-a.i.62 (patta-cīvaraṃ) With d …

…Vin.iii.46 Vin.iii.200; -kathā village-talk, gossip about v
■ affairs. Included in the list of foolish talks (+…

…Dhs.653 et passim.

• -kathā talk about women DN.i.7 (cp. DN-a.i.90).
• -kāma the craving for a woman…

…Dhs.653 et passim.

• -kathā talk about women DN.i.7 (cp. DN-a.i.90).
• -kāma the craving for a woman…

…B. India p. 23.

• -kathā talk or gossip about the province DN.i.7≈
• -kalyāṇī a…

…recitation AN.iii.56 = Ja.iii.205 (+ manta); Snp.328 (jappa (= niratthaka-kathā Snp-a.334). 2. studying Ja.iii.114 (= ajjhena).

fr. japati

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

1. jān:
   pres jānāti
   pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

Ka˚

(pron. interr.) who? m. ko f. kā (nt. kiṃ, q.v.); follows regular decl. of an atheme with some formations fr. ki˚, which base is otherwise restricted to the nt.
■ From ka˚ also nt. pl. *k …

…˚vācatā mudu˚*;).

• -kathā hard speech, cruel words Ja.vi.561.
• -kamma cruelty, atrocity…

…of k. Kv-a.156

• -kathā exposition of k.; chapter in Pts.ii.98;
• -kāma (adj. desirous of good…

v. irreg. Of the endless variety of forms given by grammarians only the foll. are bona fide and borne out by passages from our texts (when bracketed found in gram. works only).

I. Act

1. I …

(potsherd) spelling at Vism.261 for kaṭhala.

(metri causâ) = next, in the Uddāna at Vin.ii.234

, always in combination pād’odaka pāda-pīṭha pāda-k˚: either a cloth to wipe the feet with after washing them, or a footstool Vin.i.9, Vin.i.47 Vin.ii.22 sq., Vin.ii.210, Vin.ii.216. At Vv-a.8 …

1. conversing, talking Ja.i.299; Ja.iii.459; Ja.vi.340.
2. telling i.e. answering solving (a question) Ja.v.66 (pañha˚).
3. preaching Dhp-a.i.7.
4. reciting, narrating Kacc.130. Cp. kathita- *akatha …

…practised? SN.v.119.

• -kathā “saying how? how?” i.e. doubt, uncertainty unsettled mind (cp. kaṅkhā); expl. as…

…2 kathāpeti to make say Mhvs.24, Mhvs.4 (aor. kathāpayi); Dhp-a.ii.35; Kp-a.118.

v. den. fr. kathā, cp. Sk….

…expounder AN.iii.174 Mhvs.14, Mhvs.64 (mahā˚).

fr. kathā, cp. Sk. kathaka

adjective (-˚) speaking; one who speaks, a speaker, preacher Ja.i.148 (dhamma-kathikesu citrakathī); Mil.90, Mil.348 (˚seṭṭha best of speakers). See also kathaṃ-kathin.

cp. kathika

…cooking pot; in daṇḍa˚ (a pot with a handle) Vin.i.286 (variant reading kathālaka), and meda˚ AN.iv.377; Dhp-a.ii.179.

fr. kuth, to boil

Caus. ii. of katheti (q.v.).

…k., cp kathikā & kathā) Ja.ii.449

■ katikaṃ karoti to make an arrangement or agreement Vin.iii.104, Vin.iii.220, Vin.iii.230…

gravel, pebble, potsherd Ja.iii.225; Ja.v.417; Vv-a.157; combined with sakkhara at DN.i.84 = AN.i.9, and in simile at AN.i.253. As f. combined with kaṭṭha at …

gravel, potsherd Ja.iii.227; Mil.34.

1. to boil, to stew Bdhgh on Vin.i.205 see Vin. Texts ii.57 n¹, where pp. is given as kuthita Similarly Thig.504 (cp. Sisters 174 n⁴, but cp. Mil trs. …

Kaṭṭha¹

ploughed, tilled Snp.80; Mil.255; Pv-a.45, Pv-a.62. a˚ untilled, unprepared Anvs.27. su˚ well-ploughed AN.i.229; Mil.255.

Sk. kṛṣṭa, pp. of kasati, cp. kiṭṭha

Kaṭṭha^{2</su …}

Khara¹

1. (adj.) rough, hard, sharp; painful DN.ii.127 (ābādha); Ja.iii.26 (vedanā) Mil.26 (+ sakkhara-kaṭhala-vālikā), Pv-a.152 (loma, shaggy hair; cp. Np. Khara-loma-yakkha Vism.208 …

1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

…by udaka-ṭṭhānakathā, with variant udakatittha-kathā ti pi vuccati kumbha-dāsikathā vā; -thūṇa a sort…

to cook, to boil: kuthanto (ppr) boiling (putrid, foul? So Kern, Toev, s. v. Ja.vi.105 (of Vetaraṇī, cp. kuṭṭhita)
pp kuthita.

Sk. kvathati cp. kaṭhati, kaṭhita, kuṭṭhita, uk …

hot, sweltering (of uṇha) SN.iv.289 (variant reading kikita); molten (of tamba, cp. uttatta) Pgdp.33. See also kathati kuthati, ukkaṭṭhita & pakkuṭṭhita.

…as one of the five anupubbikathās: K˚ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṃkilesaṃ AN.iv.186, AN.iv.209, AN.iv.439
■ they are the leaders in the…

…(f., scil. kathā) talk or speculation about (origin etc. of) the world, popular philosophy (see…

sort of (sweet-scented) earth or sand Vin.ii.121, Vin.ii.142, Vin.ii.153 (at these passages used for besprinkling a damp living-cell); Vin.iv.33 (pāsāṇā, sakkharā kaṭhalā, marumbā, vālikā); Mhvs.29, …

…Vb-a.245, Vb-a.249.

• -kathālika a cooking pot or saucepan for frying fat AN.iv.377 (in simile with kāya); Dhp-a.ii.179 (similar) Vism.195…

…Vinay’ aṭṭha-kathāyaṃ pana eka-kūṭasangahito caturassa-pāsādo ti vuttaṃ“); Mil.46, Mil.47-Cp….

…Vinay’ aṭṭha-kathāyaṃ pana eka-kūṭasangahito caturassa-pāsādo ti vuttaṃ“); Mil.46, Mil.47-Cp….

Na¹

expletive-emphatic particle, often used in comparative-indefinite sense just so, like this, as if, as (see cana & canaṃ) Ja.v.339 (Com. cttha na-kāro upamāne). Als …

…sūtra Divy.340;

• -kathā town-gossip DN.i.7;
• -guttika superintendent of the city police…

…dhammiyā kathāya* bhikkhū sandasseti SN.i.214 = SN.i.192 = SN.i.210; Ud.80 n˚ṃ pariyesati AN.ii.247; *n- pariyosānā…

instrumental to cool off (lit. & fig.), to get cold to become passionless Snp.235 (nibbanti dhīrā yathâyaṃ padīpo = vijjhāyanti; yathâyaṃ padīpo nibbuto evaṃ nibbanti Kp-a.194, Kp-a.195), Snp.915 (k …

…(˚sīma), Vin.i.188 (˚kathā), Vin.i.197 (Setakaṇṇika˚); DN.i.7 (˚kathā), DN.i.101 (˚sāmanta), DN.i.193, DN.i.237; MN.i.429,…

…dhammikathā DN.ii.1; p-n-anussatiñāṇa DN.iii.110, DN.iii.220, DN.iii.275; AN.iv.177. Cp. nevāsika.

fr….

…DN-a.i.89 (anīyānikattā tiracchanabhūtā kathā). Niyyama(ka)

to niyyāna

indeclinable affirm
■ indef part. “then, now.”

1. most freq. combined with interr pron. and followed by kho, as kin nu kho Ja.ii.159 kacci Ja.i.279; kaccin nu (for kaccid nu) Ja.ii …

name.

1. Literal. nom. nāmaṃ SN.i.39; Snp.808; Ja.ii.131; Mil.27; acc. nāmaṃ Pv-a.145 (likhi: he wrote her name)
   ■ nāmaṃ karoti to give a name Snp.344 Cnd.466 (n’ etaṃ nāmaṃ mātarā kataṃ on “ …

…2.

• -kathā desultory talk, gossip DN.i.8; (= niratthakakathā DN-a.i.90); SN.v.420;
• -kāya (adj.)…

…Pv-a.276 (˚ṃ pharati to emit a radiance); Sdhp.325. With nimitta and parikathā at Vism.23;…

to make fall, to destroy (cp. atipāteti), i.e.

1. to break, to interrupt, in kathaṃ opāteti to interrupt a conversation MN.ii.10, MN.ii.122, MN.ii.168; AN.iii.137 AN.iii.392 sq.; Snp.p.107.
2. to dro …

1. to break up, cut short, put an end to Vin.iv.272; Ja.i.119 (kathaṃ ˚itvā), Ja.i.148 (kathaṃ ˚ituṃ); Ja.iv.59; Pv-a.78 (dānavidhiṃ ˚i).
2. to bring up (food), to vomit Dhp-a.i.183 (āhāraṃ).

pa + chindati

…Vin.ii.195; Ja.v.335 (cp. Sk. prahṛṣṭa-roman, Name of an Asura at Kathāsaritsāgara 47, 30).

pp. of pahaṃsati²

…Ja.i.312; Dpvs.v.37; Kathāvatthu Paṭṭhāna˚ Mil.12; Netti˚ one of the Canonical books (see netti).

fr. pa +…

…95²; Vism.175 (˚kathā), Vism.317 sq. (id.)
■ As Np. name of the xiv^th book of the Jātakas.

pa + kiṇṇa (pp. of…

to cook, boil up; only in Caus. ii. pakkaṭṭhāpeti (with unexplained ṭṭh for ṭh to cause to be boiled up Ja.i.472 (variant reading pakkuṭṭh˚, cp J.P.T.S. 1884, 84)
pp pakkaṭhita (q.v.). Pakkathit …

Pakkaṭhita (pakkuthita)

cooked up, boiled, boiling hot, hot Thūpavaṃsa 48³³; Ja.v.268 (pakaṭṭh˚ vv.ll. pakkudh & jakankaṭhi); Ja.vi.112 (˚kaṭṭh˚), Ja.vi.114 (id.; variant reading BB ˚kuṭhi …

Pakkaṭhita (pakkuthita)

cooked up, boiled, boiling hot, hot Thūpavaṃsa 48³³; Ja.v.268 (pakaṭṭh˚ vv.ll. pakkudh & jakankaṭhi); Ja.vi.112 (˚kaṭṭh˚), Ja.vi.114 (id.; variant reading BB ˚kuṭhi …

1. make-up, getting up, fixing, arrangement, preparation mode, way, manner Ja.ii.222; DN-a.i.132; Pv-a.26 Pv-a.109, Pv-a.123, Pv-a.135, Pv-a.178, Pv-a.199; Sdhp.94, Sdhp.466.
2. ingredient fla …

…free Snp.1063 (kathan kathāhi = mocehi uddhara etc. Cnd.407#a), 1146 (pamuñcassu = okappehi etc. Cnd.407#b)

pass…

…Dhp-a.i.18; Dhp-a.ii.91 (kathā˚). ˚ṃ karoti to delay, to tarry Ja.iv.145; ˚ṃ akatvā without delay Ja.i.260; Ja.vi.392
■ ati˚…

…Snp-a.497. 3. continuous or excessive talk Vism.29.

pari + kathā, cp. BSk. parikathā Divy.225, Divy.235

…Pv-a.92 cp. Vism.41 (˚kathā). 5. in Abhidhamma terminology specifically: pariyāyena, the mode of teaching in the Suttanta, ad hominem,…

…(˚ṃ vācaṃ = obhāsaparikathā-nimitta-viññatti-payuttaṃ ghāsesana-vācaṃ Snp-a.497), Snp.930 (= cīvarādīhi sampayutta…

…SN.i.155 (˚tu taṃ dhammikathā); SN.v.153 (T reads patibbāti); Snp.450 (p. maṃ = mama bhāgo pakāsati Snp-a 399); Mnd.234 = Cnd.386 (see…

to greet friendly in return Ja.vi.224 (= sammodanīya-kathāya paṭikatheti C.).

paṭi + saṃ + Caus. of mud

connected with, coupled, belonging to Vin.iv.6; SN.i.210 (nibbāna ˚dhammikathā); Thag.598; Iti.73; Vv-a.6, Vv-a.87; Pv-a.12.

pp. of paṭisaṃyujati

adjective “standing out,” setting out or forth, undertaking, able (clever? Vin.iii.210 (dhammiṃ kathaṃ kātuṃ); Vin.iv.60 (cīvarakammaṃ kātuṃ), Vin.iv.254 (dhammiṃ kathaṃ kātuṃ), Vin.iv.285 Vin.iv.290; …

dead, departed, the departed spirit. The Buddhistic peta represents the Vedic pitaraḥ (manes, cp. pitṛyajña), as well as the Brāhmaṇic preta. The first are souls of the “fathers, …

…past); Vb-a.1 (˚aṭṭhakathā), Vb-a.523 (id.); Kp-a.247 (˚pāṭha); Snp-a.131 (id.); Dhp-a.i.17; Pv-a.1 (˚aṭṭhakathā), Pv-a.63 …

…103 we find in Cpd. anupubbikathā (q.v.). The compar pubbatara (“quite early”) occurs abs. at SN.iv.117 as nom. pl. “ancestors” (cp. Gr….

…of…

…strong man Vin.iii.39.

• -kathā talk about men DN.i.8.
• -kāra manliness DN.i.53 (cp. DN-a.i.161);…

brought, conveyed DN-a.i.262; Snp-a.356 (kathā˚).

pa + ābhata

…Ja.v.401, Ja.v.452
■ kathā˚; “a tale brought,” occasion for something to tell, news, story Ja.i.252, Ja.i.364, Ja.i.378;…

1. the foot, usually pl. pādā both feet, e.g. Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34, Vin.i.188; Iti.111; Snp.309, Snp.547, Snp.768, Snp.835, Snp.1028; Ja.ii.114; Ja.iv.137; Dhp-a.iii.196; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.40, …

…is opposed to “aṭṭhakathāyaṃ” at Vism.107, Vism.450, etc). It is the literary language of the early Buddhists, closely related to…

…is opposed to “aṭṭhakathāyaṃ” at Vism.107, Vism.450, etc). It is the literary language of the early Buddhists, closely related to…

… ■ appātihīrakathā stupid talk DN.i.193 DN.i.239; Kv.561 (diff. Kern.

Toevoegselen

ii.30); opp. sa˚; ibid.

contracted form…

…(as adv.) secretly Mhvs.36, Mhvs.80; acc. rahassaṃ id. Pv.iv.1#65.

• -kathā secret speech, whispered words…

…truth Mil.344 2. pass.: in cpd. dū˚; variant reading du

hard to guard Dhp-a.i.295. ˚kathā, s. l. rukkha-˚ warding talk Thag-a.1, in…

…pp. 185, 416 where the Bⁿ MS. has rukkha kathā the meaning being rakkha˚

…See under kakudha.

• -kathā talk about kings (as tiracchānakathā in disgrace), combined with corakathā (see above 4 c)…

…See under kakudha.

• -kathā talk about kings (as tiracchānakathā in disgrace), combined with corakathā (see above 4 c)…

…-kathā discourse or talk about heaven Vin.i.15 (cp. anupubbikathā)

• -kāya the heavenly…

…diṭṭhi˚, soka˚, kathankathā˚
■ abhūḷha˚; one whose sting of craving or attachment is pulled out DN.ii.283; Snp.593; Ja.iii.390;…

conversation DN.i.89; AN.ii.182; Ja.i.112, Ja.i.189; Mil.94. Often in cpd. kathā & allāpa˚.

saṃ + lāpa

…sammodanī saṃrañjanī kathā Divy.70, Divy.156 & passim] pleasant, friendly AN.v.193; cp Snp.419; Vin.i.2; DN.i.52

■ sammodita at…

1. to procure, obtain Vin.i.217; Vin.ii.214; ekavacanaṃ s. to be able to utter a single word Ja.ii.164; kathaṃ s. to be able to talk Ja.ii.165 dohaḷe s. to satisfy the longing Mhvs.22, Mhvs.51.
2. to …

…(various), Vb-a.271 (˚kathā)
■ Ten sappāyas 10 asappāyas at Dhs-a.168
■ sappāyāsappāyaṃ what is suitable, and what not…

…classification Kv.335 sq. (˚kathā) cp. Kvu. translation 388 sq.; Vism.191, Vism.368 (eka˚); -ṃ gacchati to be comprised, included, or…

to name, explain. Pass. saṅkathīyati Dhs-a.390.

saṃ + kathati

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

…Vinaya Vism.272 (˚aṭṭhakathā opp to Vinay’aṭṭhakathā). As -piṭaka e.g. at Kp-a.12 Vb-a.431. See Proper Names.

• -kantikā…

…Thag.759; Vv-a.139.

• -kathā angry or haughty talk, imperiousness Dhp.133; MN.i.16; Dhp-a.iii.57.

=…

…e.g. s. kathā polite speech, either in phrase sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāreti to…

…Ja.i.187; Ja.ii.3. -kathā exposition of the duties of morality Vin.i.15; AN.i.125; Ja.i.188. -kkhandha all that…

…read sūriya.

• -kathā a tale about heroes DN.i.8; DN-a.i.90.
• -kāka the valiant crow…

adverb so, thus (and not otherwise, opp. aññathā), in this way, likewise Snp.1052 (variant reading yathā); Ja.i.137, etc
■ Often with eva tath’ eva just so, still the same, not different DN.iii.135 …

bare, esp. hard, stony ground Pv.iv.7#5 (= kharakaṭhāna bhūmippadesa Pv-a.265).

• -sāyikā (f.) the act of lying on the bare ground (as a penance) [BSk. sthaṇḍila-śāyikā] SN.iv.118; Dhp.141

(= D …

…swerving from the right direction DN-a.i.89 (see under tiracchāna-kathā).

Vedic tiryañc, obliquely, from *ter…

…-kathā “animal talk”; wrong or childish talk in general Vin.i.188; DN.i.7, DN.i.178; DN.iii.54; Vism.127;…

one who has reached the other shore (always fig.) gone through, overcome, one who has attained Nibbāna. Ogha˚ gone through the great flood SN.i.3, SN.i.142; Snp.178, Snp.823, Snp.1082, Snp.1101, Snp.1 …

boiled up, boiling, seething AN.iii.231 & AN.iii.234 (udapatto agginā santatto ukkaṭṭhito, variant reading ukkuṭṭhito); Ja.iv.118 (variant reading pakkudhita = pakkuṭhita, as gloss).

for ukkaṭhita, u …

to learn, acquire or have knowledge of (w. gen. or instr.), to know Vin.i.272 (saṃyamassa); Vin.ii.181 (gharāvās’atthena); AN.i.50 (dvinnaṃ dhammānaṃ upaññāsin)
fut upaññissati (& upaññassati; Snp …

ridiculing, mocking Mil.357; Vism.29; Pp-a 250 (˚kathā).

abstr. fr. ut + paṇd or unknown etym.

speech, utterance Vv-a.345 (+ kathana).

fr. vad

adjective

1. increasing, augmenting, fostering; increase, enlargement prolongation MN.i.518 (hāyana˚ decrease increase); Ja.iii.422 (kula˚, spelling ddh); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.73 (āyussa); Dhs-a.406; Pv-a …

…text (as regards meaning of words), purely textual analysis (opp. vinicchayakathā Vb-a.291. 2. praise Dhp-a.ii.100 (vana˚).

fr. vaṇṇeti

…AN.iii.35; Vism.293.

• -kathā discussion about saṃsāra Vism.525; DN-a.i.126; Vb-a.133.
• -kāra a…

…“disengrossing,” in -kathā sermon to rid of the desire for the body Vin.iii.271 (Sam. Pās. on Pār iii.3, 1); & -sutta the Suttanta…

… ■ See also Cpd. 242; Dhs. trsl. § 425 n. 1; and cp. kathankathā, kicchati vecikicchin.

fr. vicikicchati

1. mode, manner, sort, kind; proportion, form, variety DN.iii.103 (ādesana˚); Thig.395 (cakkhu˚ “shape of an eye” translation); Vb-a.496 (in explⁿ of kathaṃ-vidha: “ākāra-saṇṭhānaṃ vidhā …

to scold (intensely), to abuse Vin.ii.161 (dhammiṃ kathaṃ); Vin.iii.46; SN.i.30 (ariyadhammaṃ); Mil.227.

vi + garahati

adjective of the nature of dispute or quarrel; only in cpd. -kathā quarrelsome speech, dispute DN.i.8; SN.v.419; Snp.930; DN-a.i.91.

fr. viggaha

adjective = vihita; DN.iii.28 sq. (kathaṃ v. aggaññaṃ how as the beginning of things appointed?); - añña˚ engaged upon something else Ja.iv.389 (or does it belong to *[āhāra](/d …

…AN.i.100; AN.v.70. -kathā exposition of the Vinaya Vin.iv.142. -dhara one who knows or masters the V…

…Kp-a.23, Kp-a.75.

• -kathā analytical discussion, exegesis, interpretation Vism.16; Vb-a.291 (opp….

…*Sk. (lexicogr.)…

…or with compounds -kathā Snp-a.464; Pv-a.19; -desanā Snp-a.163 -vacana Snp-a.416. Thus in general often in instr. or abl. as…

…nimitta˚, obhāsa˚, parikathā; as technical term, cp.

Compendium

120¹: medium of communication) Mil.343 Mil.370 Dhp-a.ii.21…

…(i.e. the 32 tiracchānakathā Cnd.561).

• -uggata with well intoned speech Mil.10.
• -yata restrained…

…[for which BSk. sammodanīṃ saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisārayati e.g. Avs.ii.140

…ya˚; Vedic yathā; cp. kathā, tathā

…(˚kathā = sārambhakathā). -˚ṃ ganhāti to take the lead, to play the usurper or lord Ja.iii.259 (C. for T. palāsin);…

…or similarly MN.i.397 (y. kathā-sallāpo… sabbaṃ taṃ…); Pv-a.103 (yāvatakā = yāvanto). f. yāvatikā: yāvatikā gati…

…Ja.iii.396; Pv.i.12#6;

• -kathā (boastful) talk about relatives DN.i.7≈ (cp DN-a.i.90);
• -saṅgha…

1. to take, take up, take hold of, take out, take away MN.i.429 (sallaṃ); SN.i.121; SN.iii.123; Ja.i.40 (ger. āharitvā “with”), Ja.i.293 (te hattaṃ); Cnd.540#c (puttamaṃsaṃ, read āhāreyya?); Pv.ii.3#1 …

regulated exposition, graduated sermon DN.i.110; DN.ii.41 sq. MN.i.379; Ja.i.8; Mil.228; DN-a.i.277, DN-a.i.308; Dhp-a.iv.199.

for anupubbi˚ representing its isolated composition form, cp. ānubhāv …

…sq.; Ja.i.58; Pts.i.162 (˚kathā); usually in cpd. -sati concentration by in-breathing & out-breathing (cp.; Man of Mystic 70) MN.i.425…

according to, in line with

DN 16.27 mahāparinibbānasuttaṃ

yo kho ānanda bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā upāsako vā upāsikā vā dhamma-anudhamma-ppaṭipanno viharati sāmīcippaṭipanno anudhamma-cārī so tathāgataṃ sakkaroti garuṃ karoti māneti pūjeti apaciyati paramāya pūjāya

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

lok'āmis'ādhimuttassa kho, sunakkhatta, purisapuggalassa tappatirūpī c'eva kathā saṇṭhāti, tad'anudhammañ'ca anuvitakketi, anuvicāreti, tañ'ca purisaṃ bhajati, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati

and according to that, and in line with that, and along those lines

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

lok'āmis'ādhimuttassa kho, sunakkhatta, purisapuggalassa tappatirūpī c'eva kathā saṇṭhāti, tad'anudhammañ'ca anuvitakketi, anuvicāreti, tañ'ca purisaṃ bhajati, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati

paying attention, lit. ear application

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

etad'atthā, bhikkhave, kathā, etad'atthā mantanā, etad'atthā upanisā, etad'atthaṃ sot'āvadhānaṃ, yad'idaṃ anupādā cittassa vimokkhoti.

discussion, counsel, consultation

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

etad'atthā, bhikkhave, kathā, etad'atthā mantanā, etad'atthā upanisā, etad'atthaṃ sot'āvadhānaṃ, yad'idaṃ anupādā cittassa vimokkhoti.

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

aññāt'atthaṃ pasād'atthaṃ, sataṃ ve hoti mantanā, evaṃ kho ariyā mantenti, esā ariyāna mantanā, etad'aññāya medhāvī, na samusseyya mantaye'ti.

knowing the right time

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

sace c'assa kathākāmo, kālam'aññāya paṇḍito, dhammaṭṭhapaṭisaṃyuttā, yā ariyacaritā kathā.

and that

SN 35.247 chappāṇakasuttaṃ

tañ'ca cetovimuttiṃ paññāvimuttiṃ yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti, yatth'assa te uppannā pāpakā akusalā dhammā aparisesā nirujjhanti.

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

lok'āmis'ādhimuttassa kho, sunakkhatta, purisapuggalassa tappatirūpī c'eva kathā saṇṭhāti, tad'anudhammañ'ca anuvitakketi, anuvicāreti, tañ'ca purisaṃ bhajati, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati

for this purpose, for this goal

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

etad'atthā, bhikkhave, kathā, etad'atthā mantanā, etad'atthā upanisā, etad'atthaṃ sot'āvadhānaṃ, yad'idaṃ anupādā cittassa vimokkhoti.

behaviour, character

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

sace c'assa kathākāmo, kālam'aññāya paṇḍito, dhammaṭṭhapaṭisaṃyuttā, yā ariya-caritā kathā.

putting down, application

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

etad'atthā, bhikkhave, kathā, etad'atthā mantanā, etad'atthā upanisā, etad'atthaṃ sota-avadhānaṃ, yad'idaṃ anupādā cittassa vimokkhoti.

of noble conduct, of noble behaviour

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

sace c'assa kathākāmo, kālam'aññāya paṇḍito, dhammaṭṭhapaṭisaṃyuttā, yā ariyacaritā kathā.

re-looks at, re-examines, reflects (on)

AN 7.61 pacalāyamānasuttaṃ

no ce te evaṃ viharato taṃ middhaṃ pahīyetha tato tvaṃ moggallāna yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ cetasā anuvitakkeyyāsi anuvicāreyyāsi manasā anupekkheyyāsi

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

lok'āmis'ādhimuttassa kho, sunakkhatta, purisapuggalassa tappatirūpī c'eva kathā saṇṭhāti, tad'anudhammañ'ca anuvitakketi, anuvicāreti, tañ'ca purisaṃ bhajati, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati

relevant to that, related to that, pertinent to that, suitable for that

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

lok'āmis'ādhimuttassa kho, sunakkhatta, purisapuggalassa tappatirūpī c'eva kathā saṇṭhāti, tad'anudhammañ'ca anuvitakketi, anuvicāreti, tañ'ca purisaṃ bhajati, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati

sitting near, approaching

AN 3.68 kathāvatthusuttaṃ

etad'atthā, bhikkhave, kathā, etad'atthā mantanā, etad'atthā upanisā, etad'atthaṃ sot'āvadhānaṃ, yad'idaṃ anupādā cittassa vimokkhoti.

joy, happiness, pleasure, lit. gain

MN 105 sunakkhattasuttaṃ

lok'āmis'ādhimuttassa kho, sunakkhatta, purisapuggalassa tappatirūpī c'eva kathā saṇṭhāti, tad'anudhammañ'ca anuvitakketi, anuvicāreti, tañ'ca purisaṃ bhajati, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati

APA 12 ānanda therāpadānaṃ

hatthikkhandhagato āsiṃ, setacchattaṃ varuttamaṃ, sucārurūpaṃ disvāna, vitti me udapajjatha.