Katth: 8 definitions

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

Katth (कत्थ्):—, katthate (act. s. u. vi) [DHĀTUP. 2, 36] (ślāghāyām).

1) prahlen: kiṃ te katthitena (wozu nützt dein Prahlen) ca mānuṣa . kṛtvaitatkarmaṇā sarvaṃ katthethāḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 5995. 3, 2819.] [Mahābhārata] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 24, 39.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 36, 73.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 16.] katthiṣyate na kaḥ [Bhaṭṭikavya 16, 4.] tvaṃ katthase mahārāja satyavādī du prahlst damit, dass du wahrhaft seiest [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 13, 3.] —

2) lobend hervorheben, loben: pauruṣaṃ puruṣeṣu ca . katthamāno bhiniryāya [Mahābhārata 4, 1252.] kathayankatthase ca yau [16, 155.] katthase yacca vīryeṇa rāmam [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 55, 8.] —

3) tadelnd hervorheben, tadeln, herabsetzen: ye tvā katthanta ugrapuruṣaṃ nirataṃ śmaśāne [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 7, 33.] — ā prahlen, s. ākatthana . — vi

1) prahlen [Mahābhārata 3, 11635. 4, 1554.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 36, 42.] ko vikatthitumarhati [Mahābhārata 2, 2533.] janasya goptāsmi vikatthamānaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 12, 7. 7, 8, 12.] yatte sabhāmadhye bahuvācā vikatthitam . na me yudhi samo stīti tadidaṃ samupasthitam .. [Mahābhārata 4, 1923.] mit dem instr.: gāndhāravidyayā hi tvaṃ rājamadhye vikatthase [2, 2529. 17, 71.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 7, 14.] act.: ko vikatthedvicakṣaṇaḥ [Mahābhārata 4, 1563.] —

2) lobend hervorheben, viel Lärm von Etwas (acc.) machen: prākṛtā hyakṛtātmāno loke smiṃkulapāṃsanāḥ . nirarthakaṃ vikatthante yathā rāma vikatthase .. [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 35, 21.] —

3) Jmd (acc.) herabsetzen, mit Etwas (instr.) demüthigen: sadā bhavānphālgunasya guṇairasmānvikatthase . na cārjunaḥ kalāpūrṇo mama duryodhanasya ca .. [Mahābhārata 4, 1299.] — caus. demüthigen: vikatthayitvā rājānaṃ tataḥ prāha [Duaupadīpramātha 9, 10.]

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Katth (कत्थ्):—mit vi

3) (yaḥ) na pauruṣeṇāpi vikatthate nyān [Spr. 4907.]

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

Katth (कत्थ्):—, katthate ( katthati ausnahmsweise) —

1) prahlen. tvaṃ katthase satyavādī du prahlst damit , dass du wahrhaft seiest.

2) lobend hervorheben , loben.

3) tadelnd hervorheben , tadeln , herabsetzen. — Mit vi

1) prahlen , — mit (Instr.). —

2) lobend hervorheben , viel Lärm von Etwas (Acc.) machen.

3) Jmd herabsetzen , mit Etwas (Instr.) demüthigen. — Caus. Act. —

1) demüthiger.

2) prahlen [Śiśupālavadha 14,45.]

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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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