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gāthāगाथाgā́thā f. id., [RV.]
a verse, stanza (especially one which is neither Ṛc, nor Sāman, nor Yajus, a verse not belonging to the Vedas, but to the epic poetry of legends or Ākhyānas, such as the Śunaḥśepa-Ākhyāna or the [Suparṇ.]), [AV.]; [TS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
the metrical part of a Sūtra, [Buddh.]
N. of the Āryā metre
any metre not enumerated in the regular treatises on prosody (cf. ṛg-gāthā, ṛju-gātha, yajña-gāthā.)
f. of °thá, q.v.
gā́thā See 3. gā.
gāthānīगाथानीgāthā—nī́ mfn. leading a song or a choir, [RV. i, 190, 1] and [viii, 92, 2.]
gāthākāraगाथाकारgāthā—kāra m. author of (epic) songs or verses, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 23]
a singer, reciter, [W.]
gāthāntaraगाथान्तरm. N. of the fourth Kalpa or period of the world.
gāthānārāśaṃsīगाथानाराशंसीgāthā—nārāśaṃsī́ f. du. epic songs and particularly those in praise of men or heroes, [MaitrS. i, 11, 5]
gāthā—nārāśaṃsī́ f. pl. id., [ŚBr. xi, 5, 6, 8] (cf. nārāśaṃsī́.)