Dictionary meanings for kath from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
10 U. (kathayati-te, kathita) 1 To tell, relate, narrate, communicate (usually with dat. of person); rāmamiṣvasanadarśa- notsukaṃ maithilāya kathayāṃbabhūva saḥ R. 11. 37.
2 To declare, state, mention; Bg. 2. 34; R. 11. 15.
3 To converse, talk with, hold con- versation with; kathayitvā sumaṃtreṇa saha Rām.
4 To indicate, betray, bespeak, show; V. 1. 6; Māl. 8. 10; ākāra- saṭṭaśaṃ ceṣṭitamevāsya kathayati Ś. 7....
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
cl.10 P. (ep. also A1.) kathayati (-te) aor. acakathat (Pa1n2. 7-4, 93 Ka1s3.) and acīkathat (Vop.), to converse with any one (instr., sometimes with saha) MBh.; to tell, relate, narrate, report, inform, speak about, declare, explain, describe (with acc. of... mfn. relating, reciting, S3a1ntis3. 247,1 42693 m. a narrator, relater, one who recites a story (or who publicly reads and expounds the Pura1n2as purARa s...
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