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)
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