प्रथँ = प र थ चंद्र बिंदी
reed platform inside/surface/outside/push/pull
रूढ अर्थ
प्रख्यान = प्र + ख्या + ल्युट्
state/ explain is the meaning remembered. But original meaning is to make platform out of reed.
It got mixed up in meaning because this was the main activity where speech/explanation/narration was used.