Brihatkatha, Brihat-katha, Bṛhatkathā: 11 definitions
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Brihatkatha has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Bṛhatkathā can be transliterated into English as Brhatkatha or Brihatkatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBṛhatkathā (बृहत्कथा):—[(bṛhant + ka)] f. die grosse Erzählung, Titel einer Sammlung von Erzählungen, die Guṇāḍhya zugeschrieben wird und aus der Somadeva seine unter dem Namen Kathāsaritsāgara bekannte Sammlung verkürzt haben soll, [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 3. 8, 7. 35.] [kāvyādarśa 1, 38.] [DAŚAR. 1, 61.] [HALL] in der Einl. zu [Vāsavadattā 19. fgg. 55.] Name eines dem Kṣemendra zugeschriebenen Werkes [Oxforder Handschriften 84,b,8. fg.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBṛhatkathā (बृहत्कथा):—f. Titel zweier Werke. vivaraṇa n. [Private libraries (Gustav) 1.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Brihat, Katha, Katta, Kata.
Starts with: Brihatkathamanjari, Brihatkathasara, Brihatkathasarasamgraha, Brihatkathashlokasamgraha, Brihatkathavivarana.
Ends with: Shukabrihatkatha.
Full-text (+1605): Gunadhya, Brihatkathamanjari, Brihatkathasarasamgraha, Brihatkathavivarana, Vasudevahindi, Shukabrihatkatha, Bhutabhashamaya, Kshemendra, Pirukatkatai, Katyayana, Kathasaritsagara, Naravahanadatta, Vetalapancavimshatika, Vetalapancavimshati, Satavahana, Brihatprayoga, Atidvaya, Bhutabhasha, Brihata, Gulmaka.
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