a story - a) an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale or anecdote; b) a fictitious literary composition in prose or poetry, shorter than a novel; narrative; tale; c) the narrative or plot of a novel or play etc.; storyline.
ಕಥನಗೈ
♪ kathanagai
verb
to tell a story in speech or writing; to give an account of happenings; to narrate.
ಗೌದಾನಿಕ
♪ gaudānika
noun
a religious rite performed on a boy, at the age of sixteen, by shaving the front portion of his head in elliptical shape.