katha

plural kathas

1. countableThe recitation of a Hindu religious story.

   She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners.

   2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 300

   1 more example

   A list of the common themes narrated in a katha would comprise of the kidnapping of a girl, battle, separation and epic and puranic events.

   2013, Deepa Sreenivas, Sculpting a Middle Class, page 50

2. uncountableSuch storytelling considered as a genre.

plural kathas · alternative cottah · alternative kattha

1. A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.