अनुकथन
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অনুকথন (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬦᬸᬓᬣᬦ (Balinese script)
- অনুকথন (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰡𑰲𑰎𑰞𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀦𑀼𑀓𑀣𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- အနုကထန (Burmese script)
- અનુકથન (Gujarati script)
- ਅਨੁਕਥਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌕𑌥𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦤꦸꦏꦡꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂢𑂳𑂍𑂟𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಅನುಕಥನ (Kannada script)
- អនុកថន (Khmer script)
- ອນຸກຖນ (Lao script)
- അനുകഥന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠨᡠᡬᠠᡨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘡𑘳𑘎𑘞𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠨᠤᢉᠠᠲᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧁𑧔𑦮𑦾𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐣𑐸𑐎𑐠𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଅନୁକଥନ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢥꢸꢒꢢꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆤𑆶𑆑𑆡𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖡𑖲𑖎𑖞𑖡 (Siddham script)
- අනුකථන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩯𑩒𑩜𑩬𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚝𑚰𑚊𑚚𑚝 (Takri script)
- அநுகத²ந (Tamil script)
- అనుకథన (Telugu script)
- อนุกถน (Thai script)
- ཨ་ནུ་ཀ་ཐ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒢𑒳𑒏𑒟𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨝𑨃𑨋𑨚𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
From अनु- (anu-, “along”) + कथन (kathana, “speaking”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.nu.kɐ.tʰɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.n̪u.kɐ.t̪ʰɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
अनुकथन • (anukathana) stem, n
- orderly narration, report, account
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.61:
- चकार सख्यं रामेण प्रीतश् चैवाग्निसाक्षिकम् ।
ततो वानरराजेन वैरानुकथनं प्रति ॥- cakāra sakhyaṃ rāmeṇa prītaś caivāgnisākṣikam.
tato vānararājena vairānukathanaṃ prati. - The pleased Sugrīva, the king of monkeys, befriended Rāma with fire as the witness and did a narration of his hostilities [with Vālī].
- cakāra sakhyaṃ rāmeṇa prītaś caivāgnisākṣikam.
- चकार सख्यं रामेण प्रीतश् चैवाग्निसाक्षिकम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अनुकथनम् (anukathanam) | अनुकथने (anukathane) | अनुकथनानि (anukathanāni) अनुकथना¹ (anukathanā¹) |
| accusative | अनुकथनम् (anukathanam) | अनुकथने (anukathane) | अनुकथनानि (anukathanāni) अनुकथना¹ (anukathanā¹) |
| instrumental | अनुकथनेन (anukathanena) | अनुकथनाभ्याम् (anukathanābhyām) | अनुकथनैः (anukathanaiḥ) अनुकथनेभिः¹ (anukathanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अनुकथनाय (anukathanāya) | अनुकथनाभ्याम् (anukathanābhyām) | अनुकथनेभ्यः (anukathanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अनुकथनात् (anukathanāt) | अनुकथनाभ्याम् (anukathanābhyām) | अनुकथनेभ्यः (anukathanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अनुकथनस्य (anukathanasya) | अनुकथनयोः (anukathanayoḥ) | अनुकथनानाम् (anukathanānām) |
| locative | अनुकथने (anukathane) | अनुकथनयोः (anukathanayoḥ) | अनुकथनेषु (anukathaneṣu) |
| vocative | अनुकथन (anukathana) | अनुकथने (anukathane) | अनुकथनानि (anukathanāni) अनुकथना¹ (anukathanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अनुकथन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 31, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “anukathana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अनुकथन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 89
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अनुकथन”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 15