क्वत्थो

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kvattho (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀣𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• ক্ৰত্থো (Bengali script)
• ක්‍වත්‍ථො (Sinhalese script)
• ကွတ္ထော or ၵွတ္ထေႃ or ၵွတ်ထေႃ (Burmese script)
• กฺวตฺโถ or กวัตโถ (Thai script)
• ᨠ᩠ᩅᨲ᩠ᨳᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ກ຺ວຕ຺ໂຖ or ກວັຕໂຖ (Lao script)
• ក្វត្ថោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄳𑄤𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄮 (Chakma script)

Phrase

क्वत्थो

1. Devanagari script form of kvattho (“what is the use”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अक्खर इच्‍चनेन क्वत्‍थो? अत्थो अक्खर-सञ्ञातो

     Akkhara iccanena kvattho? Attho akkhara-saññāto.

     What is the meaning of this, viz. a 'letter'? The meaning comes from being skilled in letters.