The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

tiracch!na˚ low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of conversational talk a bhikkhu should not indulge
in, enumd in full at D i.7=178=iii.36 & passim (e. g. S v.419: corr. suddha˚ to yuddha˚!; A v.128=Nd2
192); ref. to at A iii.256; v.185; J i.58; Pug 35. Similarly in g!ma˚ Sn 922; vigg!hik! k. A iv.87; Sn 930.
Ten good themes of conversation (kath! -- vatth(ni) are enumd at M iii.113=A iii.117=iv.357=v.67; Miln
344; similarly dhamm" kath! A ii.51; iv.307; v.192; Sn 325; pavattan" k. A i.151; yutta kath!ya' Sn 826;
sammodan"y! k. in salutation formula s˚' k˚' s!ra*"ya' v"tis!retv! D i.52, 108, etc.; A v.185; Sn 419, pp.
86, 93, 107, 116. -- 2. speech, sermon, discourse, lecture Vin i.203, 290 (˚' karoti to discuss); A iii.174; iv.
358. Freq. in anupubbi˚ a sermon in regular succession, graduated sermon, discussing the 4 points of the
ladder of "holiness," viz. d!nakath!, s"la˚, sagga˚, magga˚ (see anupubba) Vin i.15; A iii.184; iv.186, 209,
213; DhA i.6; VvA 66. -- 3. a (longer) story, often with vitth!ra˚ an account in detail, e. g. PvA 19. b!hira˚
profane story KhA 48. -- 4. word, words, advice: ˚' ga*h!ti to accept an advice J ii.173; iii.424. -- 5.
explanation, exposition, in a&&ha˚ (q. v.), cp. gati˚ Ps ii.72. -- 6. discussion, in ˚vatthu (see below) Mhvs 5,
138. -- dukkath! harmful conversation or idle talk A iii. 181; opp. su˚ A iii.182. -- katha' va..heti "to
increase the talk," to dispute sharply J i.404; v.412. ˚' samu&&h!peti to start a conversation J i.119; iv. 73. --
At the end of cpds. (as adj.) ˚kath! e. g. chinna˚ Sn 711; &hita˚ DA i.73; madhura˚ J iii.342; vi.255. --
âbhiññ!*a recollection due to speech Miln 78, 79. -- ojja (k˚ -- udya, to vad) a dispute, quarrel Sn 825, 828.
-- dhamma a topic of conversation DA i.43. -- nigghosa the sound of praise, flattery J ii.350. -- pavatti the
course of a conversation J i.119; DhA i.249; Mhbv 61. -- p!bhata subject of a conversation, story J i.252,
364. -- b!hulla abundance of talk, loquacity A iv.87. -- magga narrative, account, history J i.2. -- rasa the
sweetness of (this) speech Miln 345. -- vatthu 1. subject of a discourse or discussion, argument M i.372;
ii.127, 132. There are 10 enumd at A iv.352, 357 (see kath!) and at Vism 19 as qualities of a kaly!*a --
mitta, referred to at A v.67, 129; Vism 127; DhA iv.30. Three are given at D iii.220=A i.197. ˚kusala well
up in the subjects of discussion VvA 354. -- 2. N. of the fifth book of the Abhidhamma Pi&aka, the seven
constituents of which are enumd at var. places (e. g. DA i.17; Mhbv 94, where Kvu takes the 3rd place), see
also J.P.T.S. 1882, 1888, 1896. -- samu&&h!na the arising of a discussion Mhvs 5, 138. -- samu&&h!pana
starting a conversation J i.119; iii.278; DhA i.250. -- sampayoga conversational intercourse A i.197. --
sall!pa talk, conversation Vin i.77; D i.89 sq., 107 sq.; ii.150; M i.178; A ii.197; v.188; Ud 40; J ii.283;
Miln 31; DA i.276 (expld as kathanapa&ikathana); DhA ii.91 (˚' karoti) VvA 153.
Kath!peti
Kath!peti Caus. ii. of katheti (q. v.).
Kath!lik!
Kath!lik!(f.) [fr. kuth, to boil] kettle, cooking pot; in da*.a˚ (a pot with a handle) Vin i.286 (v. l.
kath!laka), and meda˚ A iv. 377; DhA ii. 179.
Kathika
Kathika (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. kath!, cp. Sk. kathaka] relating, speaking, conversing about, expounding, in cpds.
citta˚ Th 2, 449 (cp. citra -- kathin); (a) tiracch!na˚ A iv.153; dhamma˚ J i.148; iii.342; iv.2 (˚thera); vi.255
(mah!˚); as noun a preacher, speaker, expounder A iii.174; Mhvs 14, 64 (mah!˚).
Kathik!
Kathik! (f.) [fr. last?] agreement Dpvs 19, 22; see katik!.
Kathita
Kathita [pp. of katheti, cp. Sk. kathita] said, spoken, related J ii.310; iv.73; v.493. su˚ well said or told J.
iv.73. As nt. with instr. J iv.72 (tena kathita' the discourse (given) by him).