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harikatha

harikatha noun: a form of Hindu religious discourse in which the storyteller explores a religious theme, usually the life of a saint or a story from an Indian epic.

Noun

harikatha (plural harikathas)

  1. A form of Hindu religious discourse in which the storyteller explores a religious theme, usually the life of a saint or a story from an Indian epic.

harikatha meaning in Malayalam

harikatha in Malayalam

harikatha
ഹരികഥ harikatha

Forms of harikatha

pluralharikathas

Origin of harikatha

From Sanskrit हरि (hari, “Hari”) + कथा (kathā, “story”).

Questions about harikatha

What does harikatha mean?
Harikatha means a form of Hindu religious discourse in which the storyteller explores a religious theme, usually the life of a saint or a story from an Indian epic.
What is harikatha in Malayalam?
Harikatha in Malayalam is ഹരികഥ (harikatha). See Harikatha meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is harikatha?
Harikatha is a noun.
What is the plural of harikatha?
The plural of harikatha is harikathas.

Words near harikatha in the dictionary

  1. Hariharans
  2. harijan
  3. Harijans
  4. Harikambhoji
  5. harikari
  6. harikatha
  7. harikathas
  8. harikiri
  9. Harikrishna
  10. harim
  11. Hariman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: harikatha (page history and authors); ഹരികഥ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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