pauranika
पौराणिक paurāṇikaA reciter and expounder of the Puranas; the traditional performer of katha.
Where this term appears
- The People's Veda Treatise
…read in private; it is a text to be recited and expounded aloud, by a pauranika or kathavachak , a professional reciter, at temples and festivals and in homes marking an occasion.