Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kātara कातर – cowardly, discouraged, timid, depressed, perplexed, shrinking, afraid

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 adjective

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kātara ·a. cowardly, timid, shy, afraid of (loc., inf., or --°); abstr. °tā f., °tva n.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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kātara kātara, as, ā, am (fr. katara?), cowardly, discouraged, timid, depressed, perplexed, shrinking, afraid; confused, agitated, disordered; (as), m. a large kind of fish, Cyprinus Catla, = kātala.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

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kātara 1〉 adj. feig, muthlos, kleinmüthig, niedergeschlagen, befangen, vor Etwas (loc. oder infin.) zurückschreckend AK. 3,1,26. H. 365. samareṣvakātarau R. 3,19,27. vāgbhirbhidyate kātaraḥ PAÑCAT. I, 115. ata eva hi vāñchanti bhūpā yodhānmahābalān . śūrānvīrānkṛtotsāhānvarjayanti ca kātarān .. PAÑCAT. IV, 44. HIT. II, 64. kimevaṃ kātarāsi ŚĀK. 56,13. RAGH. 11,78. AMAR. 7. AMAR. 30. PRAB. 25,17. BHĀG. P. 1,2,2. nirvīryā ye nirutsāhāḥ śatrubhede ca śobhanāḥ . teṣāmevaṃvidhā buddhiryādṛśī tava kātarā .. R. 5,85,20. snigdhānāṃ prītiyuktānāṃ suhṛdāṃ suhṛdaṃ prati . kātaraṃ hṛdayaṃ rāma pratyayaṃ nādhigacchati R. 4,9,103. cetasā kātareṇa MEGH. 75. dhṛtadvaidhībhāvakātaraṃ me manaḥ ŚĀK. 15,11. kātaratamastavaiṣā nyāyaḥ . yacchaṣpabhujaṃ drohakāriṇaṃ hatvetthaṃ śocasi PAÑCAT. 102,12. dhenvā tadadhyāsitakātarākṣyā RAGH. 2,52. AMAR. 79. kāṅkṣantyo 'pi vyatikarasukhaṃ kātarāḥ svāṅgadāne ŚĀK. CH. 58,8. tayoḥ samāpattiṣu kātarāṇi — vilocanāni KUMĀRAS. 7,75. kulajanadarśanakātaraṃ hi cakṣuḥ MṚCCH. 120,4. ratikātareṇa manasā AMAR. 75. pratyupakārakātaramati RĀJA-TAR. 5,190. tatra pratyūhamādhātuṃ brahmāpi khalu kātaraḥ BHARTṚ. 1,60. kātarakathyamāna (als adv. aufzufassen) CAURAP. 24. śravaṇakātaratāṃ gato 'smi ich fürchte mich zu hören ŚĀK. 59. kātaratva PAÑCAT. 216,11. MEGH. 108. Wohl von katara, also etwa: nicht wissend, welches von Beiden zu thun sei. — 2〉 m. = kātala ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · adjective

kātara 1〉 ˚nayana adj. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 61,9. Füge verzagt hinzu. Auch nom. abstr. Verzagtheit: cintayadhvaṃ sakātarāḥ MBH. 3,2549. — 2〉 lies kātala 1〉.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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kātara — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) feig, muthlos, verzagt, kleinmüthig, befangen, zurückschreckend vor (Loc., Infin. oder im Comp. vorangehend). Nom. abstr. ˚tā f. und ˚tva n. — 2〉 *m. Cyprinus catla. — 3〉 n. Verzagtheit in sakātara.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

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kātara a. [īṣattaratisvakāryāsīddhiṃ gacchati, tṝ-ac koḥ kādeśaḥ Tv.] 1 Cowardly, timid, discouraged; varjayaṃti ca kātarān Pt. 4. 42; Amaru. 7, Amaru. 30, Amaru. 75; R. 11. 78; Me. 77. 2 Distressed, grieved, afraid; kimevaṃ kātarāsi Ś. 4. 3 Agitated; perplexed, confused; Bh. 1. 60. 4 Tremulous through fear (as eyes); R. 2. 52; Amaru. 79. — raḥ 1 A large kind of fish. 2 A boat, raft.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

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kātara schüchtern, feige, mutlos, bangend vor (Loc., Instr. o. —˚) Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

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kātara kātara a. (kā; tṝ) faible, impuissant; craintif, effrayé par la difficulté [m à m. comment passera-t-il?]. kātaratā f. faiblesse, insuffisance, incapacité; crainte causée par un obstacle. kātarya n. mms.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 1.10-1.16: Lehrmeinungen 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.15-5.16: Mṛdu und Mantrayoga 1 occurrence

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