pron. a. [kim-ḍatam] (ºmat n.) Who or which of many; api jñāyate katamena digbhāgena gataḥ sa jā- lma iti V. 1; atha katamaṃ punarṛtumadhi- kṛtya gāsyāmi Ś. 1; katame te guṇāstatraṃ yānudāharaṃtyāryamiśrāḥ Māl. 1; G. L. 22; (sometimes it is used merely as a strengthened substitute for kim). When followed by ca and preceded by yatama it means ‘any whosoever’, ‘whatsoever’. In negative sentences katama with cana or...

mfn (at). (superlative of 2. ka; declined as a pronom., Gram. 236), who or which of many? (e.g. katamena pathā yātās te, by which road have they gone?) 246,2 42646 mfn (at). it is often a mere strengthened substitute for ka, the superlative affix imparting emphasis 246,2 42647 mfn (at). hence it may occasionally be used for who or which of two? (e.g. tayoḥ katamasmai, to which of these two?) 246,2 42648 mfn (at). it...