Kaṭhati [Sk. kvathati; cp. Goth. hvapo scum, hvapjan to seethe. The Dhātumañjūsā (no. 132, ed. Andersen & Smith) comments on kaṭh with "sosāna -- pākesu." See also kuthati] 1. to boil, to stew Bdhgh on Vin i.205, see Vin. Texts ii.57 n1, where pp. is given as kuthita. Similarly Th 2, 504 (cp. Sisters 174 n4, but cp. Mil. trs. ii.271 "distressed"; E. Müller, J.R.A.S. 1910, 539). -- 2. to be scorched, pp. kaṭhita (=hot) Miln 323, 325, 357, 397. -- The pp. occurs as ˚kaṭṭhita & ˚kuṭṭhita in cpds uk˚ pa˚ (q. v.). See also kuṭṭhita.

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