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गाथा
गाथा
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- gāthā (Latin script)
- ගාථා (Sinhalese script)
- ဂါထာ (Burmese script)
- គាថា (Khmer script)
- คาถา (Thai script)
Noun
गाथा f
- Devanagari script form of gāthā
Declension
Declension table of "गाथा" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | गाथा | गाथायो or गाथा |
| Accusative (second) | गाथं | गाथायो or गाथा |
| Instrumental (third) | गाथाय | गाथाहि or गाथाभि |
| Dative (fourth) | गाथाय | गाथानं |
| Ablative (fifth) | गाथाय | गाथाहि or गाथाभि |
| Genitive (sixth) | गाथाय | गाथानं |
| Locative (seventh) | गाथाय or गाथायं | गाथासु |
| Vocative (calling) | गाथे | गाथायो or गाथा |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- गाथ (gāthá)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHtHa-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāʮā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs”). Same PII root *gaH- gave Sanskrit root √gāi (√gāi, “to sing”).
Noun
गाथा • (gāthā́) f
- 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)
- the metrical part of a sūtra
- name of the āryā metre
- any metre not enumerated in the regular treatises on prosody (compare ऋग्गाथा (ṛg-gāthā), रिजुगाथ (riju-gātha), यज्ञगाथा (yajña-gāthā))
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of गाथा | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | गाथा (gāthā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | गाथायाः (gāthāyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गाथा (gāthā) | गाथे (gāthe) | गाथाः (gāthāḥ) |
| Vocative | गाथे (gāthe) | गाथे (gāthe) | गाथाः (gāthāḥ) |
| Accusative | गाथाम् (gāthām) | गाथे (gāthe) | गाथाः (gāthāḥ) |
| Instrumental | गाथया (gāthayā) | गाथाभ्याम् (gāthābhyām) | गाथाभिः (gāthābhiḥ) |
| Dative | गाथायै (gāthāyai) | गाथाभ्याम् (gāthābhyām) | गाथाभ्यः (gāthābhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | गाथायाः (gāthāyāḥ) | गाथाभ्याम् (gāthābhyām) | गाथाभ्यः (gāthābhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | गाथायाः (gāthāyāḥ) | गाथयोः (gāthayoḥ) | गाथानाम् (gāthānām) |
| Locative | गाथायाम् (gāthāyām) | गाथयोः (gāthayoḥ) | गाथासु (gāthāsu) |
Related terms
- गाथ (gātha)
- गाथिन् (gāthin)
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0352