katha

See also: kathà and kathā

English

Etymology

Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

Noun

katha (plural kathas)

  1. The recitation of a Hindu religious story, or such storytelling considered as a genre.
    • 2013, Deepa Sreenivas, Sculpting a Middle Class, p. 50:
      A list of the common themes narrated in a katha would comprise of the kidnapping of a girl, battle, separation and epic and puranic events.
    • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 300:
      She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners.

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