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Kathana 12 Kad°
(vicikiccha + ). -kathin having doubts, unsettled,
uncertain D 11.2S7 ; M 1.8 ; Nd» 191 ; DhsA 352 ; a° free
from doubt. Ep. of Arahant (expl'' DA 1.211 : " not
saying how and how is this ?") ; M 1. 108 ; It 49 ; Sn 534,
635, 868, 1064 ; in phrases tipoa-vicikiccho viharati
akathankathi kusalesu dhammesu D 1.71 = Pug 59,
jhayi anejo a° Dh 414 ( : DhA rv.i94) = Sn 638. -kara
(adj.) how acting, what doing? k. ahag no nirayam
pateyyag {" ri iroiwv ^axopiof ^lTo^at") J rv.339 ; Sn
376; J IV.75 ; V.148. -jivin leading what kind of
life ? Sn 181. -dassin holding what views ? Sn 848 (see
"slla). -pakara of what kind Vin 1.358; Sn 241 ( :kathappakara).
-pa^panna going what way, i. e. how
acting? D 11.277, 279, 281. -bhavita how cultivated
or practised ? S v. 119. -bhuta " how being," of what
sort, what like D 11.139, 158; -rupa of what kind ?
M i.2i8; A 1.249; III. 35; J 111.525. -vani>a of what
appearance, what like ? D 11.244. -vidha what sort of ?
J V.95, 146; DhsAv305. -sameta how constituted?
Sn 873. -sQa of what character or conduct ? how in
his morality ? Sn 848 (kathai)dassi katharisilo upasanto
ti vuccati).
ir>thftna (nt.) [fr. katb, see katheti] i. conversing, talking
J 1.299; "1.459; VI. 340. — 2. telling i. e. answering,
soh-ing (a question) J v.66 (paflha°).— 3. preaching
DI1A1.7. — 4. reciting, narrating Kacc. 130. Cp. kathita.
—akithana not talking or telling J 1.420 ; vi.424 ; not
speaking fr. anger J iv.108 ; DhA 1.440.
-akara, in °g karoti to enter into conversation with
j VI. 413. -samattha able to .speak (of the tongue)
J 111.459 ; able to talk or converse with (saddbii))
J VI. 340. -sHa (one) in the habit of talking, garrulous
J 1.299; a° J 1.420.
ir ^^ th ft l ff (potsherd) spelling at Vism 261 for kafhala.
Ksthali (metri caus&)=next, in the Uddana at Vin 11.234
Kathalika (nt.) [der. uncertain], always in comb" pad'odaka
pada-pitha pada-k° : either a cloth to wipe the
feet with after washing them, or a footstool Vin 1.9, 47 ;
11.22 sq., 210, 216. At VvA 8 however with pada-pitha
expl"" as a footstool (pida-thapana-yoggai) darukhaQ(Jar)
asanai)). Bdhgh (on CV ii.i.i) expl"* padapitha
as a stool to put the washed foot on, pada-kathalika
as a stool to put the unwashed foot on, or a cloth
to rub the feet with (ghaQsana).
Katha (f.) [fr. kath to tell or talk, see katheti ; nearest
synonym is lap, cp. v&c' dbhilapa & sallapa] i. talk,
talking, conversation A 1.130; PvA 39. So in antara"
D 1.
1 79; Sn p. 107, 115; cp. sallSpa. Also in tiracchana°
low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of
conversational talk a bhikkhu should not indulge in,
enum"* in full at D 1.7=178 = 111.36 & passim (e. g.
S V.419 : corr. suddha" to yuddha° 1 ; A
v.i28=Nd* 192)
ref. to at A 111.256; v. 185; J 1.58; Pug 35. Similarly
in gama° Sn 922 ; viggahika k. A iv.87 ; Sn 930. Ten
good themes of conversation (katha-vatthfini) are
enum''at M 111.11 3 = A iii.ii7=iv.357=v.67 ; Wiln 344 ;
similarly dhammi kathd A 11.51 ; iv.307 ; v. 192 ; Sn 325 ;
paVattani k. A 1.151 ; yutta kathayai) Sn 826; sammodaniya
k. in salutation formula s°i) k°t} sSraiiiyai) vitis&retva
D 1.52, 108, etc. ; A v. 185 ; Sn 419, pp. 86, 93,
107, 116. — 2. speech, sermon, discourse, lecture
Vin 1.203, 290 (°r) karoti to discuss) '• ; A 111.174 'v.
358.
Freq. in anupubbi° a sermon in regular succession,
graduated sermon, discussing the 4 points of the ladder
of " holiness," viz. danakatha, sila", sagga°, magga° (see
anupubba) Vin 1.15; A 111.184; rv.i86, 209, 213;
DhA 1.6 ; VvA 66. — 3. a (longer) story, often with
vitthara" an account in detail, e. g. PvA 19. bahira°
profane story KhA 48. — 4. word, words, advice : "5
ganhati to accept an advice J 11. 173; ill. 424. — 5.
explanation, exposition, in attha° (q. v.), cp. gati°
Ps 11.72. — 6. discussion, in °vatthu (see below) Mhvs 5,
138. -dukkatha harmful conversation or idle talk A iii.
181 ; opp. su° A 111.182. -kathag vad^heti " to increase
the talk," to dispute sharply J 1.404 ; v. 412.
°i) samutthapcti to start a conversation J 1.119 iv. 73.
— At the end of cpds. (as adj.) °katha e. g. cbinna°
Sn 711 ; thita" DA 1.73 ; madhura" J 111.342 ; vi.255.
-AbhiAi^ana recollection due to speech Miln 78, 79.
-ojja (k°-udya, to vad) a dispute, quarrel Sn 825, 828.
-dbamma a topic of conversation DA 1.43. -nigghosa
the sound of praise, flattery J 11.350. -pavatti the
course of a conversation J 1.119 ; DhA 1.249 ; Mhbv 61
-pabhata subject of a conversation, story J 1.252, 364.
-babuUa abundance of talk, loquacity A iv.87. •magga
narrative, account, history J 1.2. -rasa the sweetness
of (this) speech Miln 345. -vatthu i. subject of a
discourse or discussion, argument M 1.372 ; 11.127, 'S*-
There are 10 enum'' at A iv.352, 357 (see katha) and at
Vism 19 as qualities of a kalyapa-mitta, referred to at
A V.67, 129 ; Vism 127 ; DhA iv.30. Three are given at
D 111.220 = A 1.197. °kusala well up in the subjects of
discussion VvA 354. — 2. N. of the fifth book of the
Abhidhamma Pitaka, the seven constituents of which
are enum"" at var. places (e. g. DA 1.17 ; Mhbv 94, where
Xvu takes the 3"" place), see also J.P.T.S. 1882, 1888,
1896. •samutthana the arising of a discussion Mhvs 5,
138. -samutthapsn^ starting a conversation J 1.119;
111.278; DhA 1.250. -satnpayoga conversational inter-
course A 1.197. -sallapa talk, conversation Vin 1.77;
D 1.89 sq., 107 sq. ; 11.150 ; M 1.178 ; A 11. 197 ; v.188 ;
Ud 40 ; J 11.283 ; Miln 31 ; DA 1.276 (expl"" as kathana-
153.
patikathana) ; DhA 11.91 (°i) karoti) ; VvA
Kathapeti Caus. 11. of katheti (q. v.).
Kathika (adj.) (— °) [fr. katha, cp. Sk. kathaka] relating,
speaking, conversing about, expounding, in cpds. citta°
Th 2, 449 (cp. citra-kathin) ; (a) tiracchana° A iv.153;
dhamtna° J 1.148 ; 111.342 ; iv.2 (°thera) ; vi.255 (mahS")
as noun a preacher, speaker, expounder A In. 1 74:
Mhvs 14, 64 (maha°).
Kathika (f.) [fr. last ?] agreement Dpvs 19, 22 ; see katika.
Kathita [pp. of katheti, cp. Sk. kathita] said, spoken,
related J 11.310; iv.73 ; v.493. su° well said or told
J. IV. 73. As nt. with instr. J iv.72 (tena kathitai) the
discourse (given) by him).
Kathin (adj.) (— °) [cp. kathika] speaking ; one who speaks,
a speaker, preacher J 1.148 (dhamma-kathikesu citrakathi)
; Mibi 90, 348 (°settha best of speakers). See also
kathag-kathin.
Katheti (v. den. fr. katha, cp. Sk. kathayate] aor. katbesi,
inf. kathetui) & kathetave (Vin 1.359)
& katheti (Miln 22, cp. Trenckner, Notes 122); ppr.
Pass, kathiyam^na & kacchamana (A. in. 181); grd.
kathetabba, kathaniya & kaccha, — i
: Pass, kathiyati
. to speak, say,
tell, relate (in detail : vittharato PvA 77). mft kathesi
(= ma bhaI^) do not speak PvA 16. — to tell (a story)
J. 1.2; IV. 137; PvA 12, 13. — 2. to converse with
J. VI. 413 ; PvA 86 (^amantayi). •— 3. to report, to
inform J v. 460. — 4. to recite DhA 1.166. — 5. to
expound, explain, preach J 1.30; Miln 131 ; DhA
188;
Nd* s. V. — 6. to speak about (with ace.) Vin 11.168.
— 7. to refer to J 1.307. — 8. to answer or solve (a
question) J 1.165; v.66. — Caus 11. kathapeti to make
say Mhvs 24, 4
(aor. katbapayi) ; DhA 11.35 ; KbA
118.
Kad° [old form of interr. pron. nt., equal to kig; cp.
(Vedic) kad in kadarthai) = kir)artbai) to what purpose]
orig. " what ?" used adverbially ; then indef. " any
kind of," as (na) kac(-cana) " not at all " ; kac-cid " any
kind of ; is it anything ? what then ?" Mostly used in
disparaging sense of showing inferiority, contempt, or
defectiveness, and equal to ka° (in denoting badness or