गाथा

See also: गाथ and गूथ

Pali

Alternative forms

gāthā (Latin script)
𑀕𑀸𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
গাথা (Bengali script)
ගාථා (Sinhalese script)
ဂါထာ (Burmese script)
คาถา (Thai script)
ᨣᩤᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
គាថា (Khmer 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-Aryan *gaHtʰáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHtʰáH. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁‎ (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs”). Same PII root *gaH- gave Sanskrit root गायति (√gāi, “to sing”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.t̪ʰɑ́ː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.t̪ʰɑː/

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 (gāthā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गाथा gāthā́	गाथे gāthé	गाथाः gāthā́ḥ
Vocative	गाथे gā́the	गाथे gā́the	गाथाः gā́thāḥ
Accusative	गाथाम् gāthā́m	गाथे gāthé	गाथाः gāthā́ḥ
Instrumental	गाथया / गाथा¹ gātháyā / gāthā́¹	गाथाभ्याम् gāthā́bhyām	गाथाभिः gāthā́bhiḥ
Dative	गाथायै gāthā́yai	गाथाभ्याम् gāthā́bhyām	गाथाभ्यः gāthā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	गाथायाः gāthā́yāḥ	गाथाभ्याम् gāthā́bhyām	गाथाभ्यः gāthā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	गाथायाः gāthā́yāḥ	गाथयोः gātháyoḥ	गाथानाम् gāthā́nām
Locative	गाथायाम् gāthā́yām	गाथयोः gātháyoḥ	गाथासु gāthā́su
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

गाथ (gāthá)
गाथिन् (gāthín)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गाथा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0352.

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