"katha" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2013, Deepa Sreenivas, Sculpting a Middle Class, page 50",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 300",
          "text": "She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners."
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        "The recitation of a Hindu religious story."
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        "(uncountable) Such storytelling considered as a genre."
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        "A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place."
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        "(uncountable) Such storytelling considered as a genre."
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