गाथा

See also: गाथ and गूथ

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • gāthā (Latin script)
  • 𑀕𑀸𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • গাথা (Bengali script)
  • ගාථා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဂါထာ or ၷႃထႃ (Burmese script)
  • คาถา (Thai script)
  • ᨣᩤᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຄາຖາ (Lao script)
  • គាថា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄉𑄂𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

गाथा f

  1. Devanagari script form of gāthā

Declension

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬕᬵᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
  • গাথা (Assamese script)
  • গাথা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰯𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑀸𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌗𑌾𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ગાથા (Gujarati script)
  • ਗਾਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦒꦴꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
  • គាថា (Khmer script)
  • ಗಾಥಾ (Kannada script)
  • ຄາຖາ (Lao script)
  • ഗാഥാ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘐𑘰𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠠᢗᠲᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • ဂါထာ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦰𑧑𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑐵𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ଗାଥା (Odia script)
  • ꢔꢵꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆳𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖯𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ගාථා (Sinhalese script)
  • க³ாத²ா (Tamil script)
  • గాథా (Telugu script)
  • คาถา (Thai script)
  • གཱ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒰𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gaHtʰáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHtʰáH. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁‎ (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs”). The same PII root *gaH- gave the Sanskrit verb गायति (√gāi, “to sing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

गाथा • (gāthā́) stem, f

  1. verse, stanza (especially one which is neither ऋच् (ṛc), nor सामन् (sāman), nor यजुस् (yajus), a verse not belonging to the Vedas, but to the epic poetry of legends or आख्यान (ākhyāna)s, such as the Śunaḥśepa-ākhyāna or the Suparṇādhyāya)
  2. the metrical part of a sūtra
  3. name of the āryā metre
  4. any metre not enumerated in the regular treatises on prosody (compare ऋग्गाथा (ṛg-gāthā), रिजुगाथ (riju-gātha), यज्ञगाथा (yajña-gāthā))

Declension

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  • गाथ (gāthá)
  • गाथिन् (gāthín)

Descendants
  • Assamese: গাথা (gatha)
  • Bengali: গাথা (gatha)
  • → Malayalam: ഗാഥ (gātha)
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  • Odia: ଗାଥା (gatha)
  • Pali: gāthā
  • → Telugu: గాథ (gātha)

References
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