As a deity name
Name 447 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
कथक · noun · masculine
कथा कहनेवाला । किस्सा कहनेवाला · पुराण बाँचनेवाला । पौराणिक · नाटक की कथा का वर्णन करनेवाला । एक पात्र या नट — Śabdasāgara
कथक · kathak · s.m.
Narrator, relater, reciter; one who publicly reads and expounds the Purāṇas — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 813
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a narrator, relater, one who recites a story (or who publicly reads and expounds the Purāṇas &c.), one who speaks or tells, a professional story-teller, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "kathaka" is derived from "katha" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
katha r. 10th cl. (kathayati) To speak, to tell.
kathaka mfn. relating, reciting, Śāntiś.
kathaka m. a narrator, relater, one who recites a story (or who publicly reads and expounds the Purāṇas &c.), one who speaks or tells, a professional story-teller, MBh.; Kathās. &c.
Dictionary citations
kathaka mfn. relating, reciting, Śāntiś.
kathaka m. a narrator, relater, one who recites a story (or who publicly reads and expounds the Purāṇas &c.), one who speaks or tells, a professional story-teller, MBh.; Kathās. &c.
the speaker of a prologue or monologue, chief actor, L.
N. of a man
of a being in the retinue of Skanda.
katha r. 10th cl. (kathayati) To speak, to tell.
Alternative readings
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