Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
ind. When, at what time; kadā gamiṣyasi-eṣa gacchāmi; kadā katha- yiṣyasi &c.; when connected with a following api it means ‘now and then’, ‘at times’, ‘sometimes’, ‘at some time’: na kadāpi never; with a following cana it means ‘at some time’, ‘one day’, ‘at one time or another’, ‘once’; ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇo vidvānna bibheti kadācana; Ms. 2. 54, 144, 3. 25, 101; with a following cit it means ‘at one time’, ‘once upon a...
