katha

See also: kathà and kathā

English

Etymology 1

Sanskrit कथा (kathā).

Noun

katha (countable and uncountable, 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.

Etymology 2

Hindi कट्ठा (kaṭṭhā) or Bengali কাঠা (kaṭha)

Alternative forms

• cottah
• kattha

Noun

katha (plural kathas)

1. A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.

Anagrams

• katah, khata