kathana

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. Telling, talkative. --naṃ narration, relation, description.

Root

Appears in 41 texts

Lexicon Preview

a. Telling, talkative. --naṃ narration, relation, description.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

95

Texts Appeared In

32

DCS: title of a commentary on the Amarakośa

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Āyurvedadīpikā 47 49.5%
2. Mugdhāvabodhinī 5 5.3%
3. Mātṛkābhedatantra 4 4.2%
4. Haribhaktivilāsa 3 3.2%
5. Kāmasūtra 3 3.2%

Concordance (Sample)

• Āyurvedadīpikā surface: kathanam

  śarīrāśarīracarasyeti vātasvarūpakathanaṃ tena śarīreṣu carata iti bahiḥ śarīreb

• Āyurvedadīpikā surface: kathana

  samprati sāmānyenoktānāṃ guṇakarmabhyāṃ prativyaktyanuktānāṃ prativyaktiprāya up

• Āyurvedadīpikā surface: kathanam

  annapānaṃ vidhīyate viśiṣṭaguṇakarmayogitayā pratipādyate 'nenetyannapānavidhiḥ