Definition of "katha"

katha¹

noun
countable and uncountable, plural kathas
1. (countable) The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
  Quotations
  A list of the common themes narrated in a katha would comprise of the kidnapping of a girl, battle, separation and epic and puranic events.
  2013, Deepa Sreenivas, Sculpting a Middle Class, page 50
  She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners.
  2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 300
2. (uncountable) Such storytelling considered as a genre.

katha²

noun
plural kathas
1. A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.