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Pali
Alternative scripts
- 𑀓𑀣𑀁 (Brahmi script)
- कथं (Devanagari script)
- কথং (Bengali script)
- කථං (Sinhalese script)
- ကထံ or ၵထံ (Burmese script)
- กถํ or กะถัง (Thai script)
- ᨠᨳᩴ (Tai Tham script)
- ກຖໍ or ກະຖັງ (Lao script)
- កថំ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄗𑄁 (Chakma script)
Particle
kathaṃ
- how?
c. 50 BC, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Khandha-Vagga, Khanda-Saṃyuttaṃ; republished as M. Leon Freer, editor, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Part III: Khandha-Vagga, London: Pali Text Society, 1890, XXII (Book 1), Section 1 Mulapaññāsa, Chapter 1 Nakulapitā-Vaggo Pathamo, Sutta 8 Upādāparitassanā (2), page 18:Kathaṃ ca bhikkhave anupādā aparitassanā hoti.- And how, mendicants, does not grasping lead to freedom from anxiety?
Noun
kathaṃ
- accusative singular of kathā (“story”)