कथक

{ kathaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KATHAKA   A soldier of Skanda. [Śloka 67, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : सूत्रधार, कत्थक जाति, कत्थक, कथावाचक

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

कथक n.  विश्वामित्र कुल का गोत्रकार ।

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

See : कत्थक जाती, कत्थक

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A narrator of legends; one who recites a story, or who publicly reads and expounds the Purán̤.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

a   A narrator of legends.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : कत्थक

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कथक  mfn.  mfn. relating, reciting, [Śāntiś.]
कथक  m.  m. a narrator, relater, one who recites a story (or who publicly reads and expounds the पुराणs &c.), one who speaks or tells, a professional story-teller, [MBh.]; [Kathās.] &c.
the speaker of a prologue or monologue, chief actor, [L.]
N. of a man
of a being in the retinue of स्कन्द.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कथक [kathaka] a.  a. [कथ्-ण्वुल्] A narrator, a relator.
कः A chief actor, speaker of a prologue.
A disputant.
A story-teller.

Shabda-Sagara

कथक  mfn.  ( -कः-का-कं)
1. A narrator, a relator, one who recites a story, or who publicly reads and expounds the Puranas, &c.
2. One who speaks or tells.
 mf.  ( -कः-का) The speaker of a prologue or a mono- logue.
3. A professional story teller.
E. कथ to speak, to relate, वुन् aff.

ROOTS:

कथ वुन्