pron. a. [i-kan] 1 One, single, alone, only; Bh. 3. 14.

2 Not accompanied by any one; U. 2. 28.

3 The same, one and the same, identical; ekānvayo mama Ś. 7; manasye- kaṃ vacasyekaṃ karmaṇyekaṃ mahātmanāṃ H. 1. 101.

4 Firm, unchanged; Pt. 1. 260.

5 Single of its kind, unique, singular.

6 Chief, supreme, promin- ent, sole; ºpārthiva, ºdhanurdharaḥ, ºaiśvarya M. 1. 1 sole sovereignty; eko rāgi- ṣu rājate Bh....

mfn. (i Un2. iii, 43, probably fr. a base e; cf. Zd. ae-va; Gk. οἰ-ν-ός, οἶος; Goth. ai-n-s; also Lat. aeḍuu-s; g. sarvādi Pa1n2. 1-1, 27;, see Gr. 200), one (eko'pi, or ekaś-cana, with na preceding or following, no one, nobody; the words ekayā na or ekān na... mfn. (with and without eva) alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only (frequently ifc.; cf. dharmaika-rakṣa, &c) RV. &c 227,3 39169 mfn....