kathaṃ

See also: katham

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀣𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• कथं (Devanagari script)
• কথং (Bengali script)
• කථං (Sinhalese script)
• ကထံ or ၵထံ (Burmese script)
• กถํ or กะถัง (Thai script)
• ᨠᨳᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຖໍ or ກະຖັງ (Lao script)
• កថំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄗𑄁 (Chakma script)

Particle

kathaṃ

1. how?
   • c. 50 BC, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Khandha-Vagga, Khanda-Saṃyuttaṃ; republished as M. Leon Freer, editor, Saṃyutta Nikāya: Part III: Khandha-Vagga‎^[1], London: Pali Text Society, 1890, XXII (Book 1), Section 1 Mulapaññāsa, Chapter 1 Nakulapitā-Vaggo Pathamo, Sutta 8 Upādāparitassanā (2), page 18:

     Kathaṃ ca bhikkhave anupādā aparitassanā hoti.

     And how, mendicants, does not grasping lead to freedom from anxiety?

Noun

kathaṃ

1. accusative singular of kathā (“story”)