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

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánu

Sanskrit अनु- (anu-)

Sanskrit कथन (kathana)

Sanskrit अनुकथन (anukathana)

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

1. 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].

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अनुकथन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अनुकथनम् (anukathanam)	अनुकथने (anukathane)	अनुकथनानि (anukathanāni) अनुकथना¹ (anukathanā¹)
vocative	अनुकथन (anukathana)	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)

• 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