Kataha, Kaṭāha, Kaṭāhā: 17 definitions

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Kataha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kaṭāha (कटाह):—m. [Amarakoṣa.3,6,21.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 250,a,4.]

1) Pfanne ([Murathee]: a boiler or a frying-vessel, of a semispheroidal shape and with handles) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 457.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1022] (nach dem [Scholiast] m. f. n.). [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 763. 764] (karpara und tailādipākapātra). [Medinīkoṣa Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 15] (tailādeḥ pākabhājane). [Mahābhārata 3, 17403. 14, 1927] [?(Nalopākhyāna). Suśruta 1, 15, 4. 32, 19. 2, 29, 4. 35, 15. 182, 18.] prāsthikaḥ kaṭāhaḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 52,] [Scholiast] —

2) die Schale der Schildkröte [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Vgl. u. kaccha [4.] —

3) Brunnen [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —

4) = sūpa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] a winnowing basket (also sūrpa, śūrpa) [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] = stūpa Erdhügel, Tope [Vaijayantī] beim Sch. zu [Śiśupālavadha 5, 37.] —

5) Hölle [Hārāvalī 261.] —

6) eine junge Büffelkuh, bei der die Spitzen der Hörner gerade im Duchbrechen sind, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 39.] —

7) Nomen proprium eines Dvīpa [Medinīkoṣa] kaṭāhadvīpa [Kathāsaritsāgara 13, 74. 83.] [BROCKHAUS] vermuthet, dass das Katai (Китай) der Muhammedaner oder China gemeint sei.

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Kaṭāha (कटाह):—

1) [Sūryasiddhānta 12, 29.] kaṭāho rdhagolākāraṃ sāvakāśaṃ pātram Schol. —

7) dvīpaṃ kaṭāhākhyam [Kathāsaritsāgara 123, 105.] dvīpa [56, 59. 61, 3.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kaṭāha (कटाह):—m.

1) Pfanne. Ausnahmsweise auch f. ī ([Indische studien von Weber 15,372]) und n.

2) *Schildkrötenschale.

3) *Tope.

4) ein pfannenähnliches Ding , z.B. die Elephantenschläfe [Śiśupālavadha 5,37.] —

5) *Hütte.

6) *eine junge Büffelkuh , bei der die Hörner so eben durchbrechen.

7) Nomen proprium eines Dvīpa.

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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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