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बृहत्कथा (bRhatkathA)

 
Capeller Eng
English
बृहत्कथा
f.
 the large narrative, T. of a work.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बृहत्—कथा
f.
 ‘great narrative’,
N.
 of a collection of tales ascribed to Guṇāḍhya (from which the Kathā-sarit-sāgara of Somadeva is said of another wk.)
Macdonell
English
बृहत्कथा bṛhat-kathā,
f.
 the Great History, 🞄T. of a collection of tales ascribed to 🞄Guṇāḍhya and the source from which Somadeva 🞄is supposed to have abridged his Kathāsaritsāgara
🞄T. of a work ascribed to kṣemendra
🞄-kapola,
a.
 fat-cheeked
-karman, 🞄m. N.
-kīrti,
a.
 far-famed
m.
 N.
(-át)ketu,
a.
 of great brilliance (RV.¹)
m.
 N.
🞄-tṛṇa,
n.
 strong grass
-tejas,
m.
 (of great 🞄brilliance), the planet Jupiter
-tva,
n.
 largeness
🞄-pāda,
a.
 large-footed
-pṛṣṭha,
a.
 🞄having the Bṛhat Sāman as the basis of the 🞄Pṛṣṭha-stotra
-phala,
m.
pl.
 a class of 🞄gods among the Buddhists
-saṃhitā,
f.
 the 🞄Great Collection, T. of a work on astronomy 🞄and astrology by Varāhamihira
T. of two 🞄other works
-sahāya,
a.
 having a powerful 🞄companion
(-át) -sāman,
a.
 having the Bṛhat 🞄Sāman as a Sāman
m.
 N. of an Āṅgirasa
🞄-sena,
m.
 (having a large army), N. 🞄of various princes
-sphij,
m.
 (having large 🞄buttocks), N..
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
बृहत्कथा
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Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
बृहत्कथा by Guṇāḍhya. Mentioned by Daṇḍin Oxf. 204^a,
by Somadeva Oxf. 151^b, by Dhanaṃjaya Oxf. 203^a,
by Dhanika on Daśarūpa 4, 32.
बृहत्कथा an. Kāṭm. 7. Rādh 41.
बृहत्कथा ‘different from those known.’ (?). ASB. 1893,
254 (fr.).
बृहत्कथा in verse. ASB 193, 254 (Adhyāya 1 and a
part of the second).
Lanman
English
bṛhat-kathā, f. Great-Story, title of a
collection of stories ascribed to Gunādhya
(guṇāḍhya), and abridged by Somadeva
under the name Kathāsaritsāgara.
[bṛhant, 1249a, 1279.]
पुराणम्
English
बृहत्कथा / BṚHATKATHĀ. See guṇāḍhya.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
बृ(वृ)हत्कथा स्त्री वररुचिप्रणीते कथाभेदे ।
Capeller
German
बृहत्कथा
f.
 T. zweier Werke.