kathana : [nt.] talk; conversation. || kathāna (nt.), a high numeral with 127 cyphers.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Kathana (nt.) [fr. kath, see katheti] 1. conversing, talking J i.299; iii.459; vi.340. -- 2. telling i. e. answering, solving (a question) J v.66 (pañha˚). -- 3. preaching DhA i.7. -- 4. reciting, narrating Kacc. 130. Cp. kathita. -- akathana not talking or telling J i.420; vi.424; not speaking fr. anger J iv.108; DhA i.440.
   -- ākāra, in ˚ŋ karoti to enter into conversation with J vi.413. -- samattha able to speak (of the tongue) J iii.459; able to talk or converse with (saddhiŋ) J vi.340. -- sīla (one) in the habit of talking, garrulous J i.299; a˚ J i.420.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

kathana mfn. telling, talkative W
• (am), n. the act of telling, narration, relating, informing Suśr. Bhartṛ. Pañcat. &c

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William

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[translation-san] {C} darśayate

[translation-san] {C} darśeti

[translation-san] {C} darśin

[translation-san] {C} nidarśayati

[translation-san] {C} upadarśayi

[translation-san] {C} upadarśayati

[translation-san] {C} upadiśati

[translation-san] {C} deśeti (=deśayati)

[translation-san] {C} deśayati

[translation-san] {C} paridīpayati (=vistara-kathanena saṃkṣipta-artha-parīdpanām)

[translation-san] {√khyā} : {MV}khyāpayati

[translation-san] {MSA} ākhyāna

[translation-san] {MSA} kathana

[translation-san] {MSA} vibhāvanā

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} indicate; teach; demonstrate; reveal

[translation-eng] {C} exhibit; manifest; spectator; one who can demonstrate; one who sees; beholding; demonstrates; defines; exhibits; reveals; lighten up; is lit up; points out; recommends; speak of; show; explain; expound; make manifest; show to; give the impression that; display

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary