• Home
  • Sanskrit
  • About
  • atikathā


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 29, col. 3.
    atikathā

    1 An exaggerated tale.

    2 Idle or meaningless talk.

    tha a.

    1 Exaggerated, incredible ( aśraddheya).

    2 Unfit to be told.

    3 Past narration or mention, dead, lost.

    4 Swerving from one's caste traditions &c; lawless.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 12, col. 2.
    ati—kathā f. an exaggerated tale
    p. 12, col. 2.
    See also s.v.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 39.
    atikathā 1 An exaggerated tale. -2 Idle or meaningless talk. -tha a. 1 Exaggerated, incredible (aśraddheya). -2 Unfit to be told. -3 Past narration or mention, dead, lost. -4 Swerving from one's caste traditions &c.; lawless.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 91.
    atikathā (ati + kathā) f. übertriebene, unwahre Erzählung (vyarthabhāṣaṇe) H. an. 4, 132.

    — Vgl. itikathā .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 20, col. 1.
    *atikathā f. übertriebene , unwahre Erzählung.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 98, col. 2.
    atikathā strī atyutkaṭā kathā . atyutkaṭavarṇane, vyarthabhāṣaṇe ca .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 25.
    atikathā , strī, (atyutkṛṣṭā kathā karmmadhārayaḥ .)
    apārthavākyaṃ . vyarthabhāṣaṇaṃ . iti viśvaḥ hema-
    candraśca ..