Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
ind. 1 Where, in which place; kutra me śiśuḥ Pt. 1; pravṛttiḥ kutra karta- vyā H. 1.
2 In which case; tejasā saha jātānāṃ vayaḥ kutropayujyate Pt. 1. 328. (kutra is sometimes used for the loc. sing of kim). When connected with the particles cid, cana or api, kutra be- comes indefinite in sense. kutrāpi, kutracit somewhere, anywhere; na kutrāpi no where; kutracit-kutracit in one place-in another place, here-...
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ind. (fr. 1. ku), where? whereto? in which case? when? RV. &c 290,2 52015 ind. wherefore? Pan5cat.; Hit. 290,2 52015.1 ind. kutra-kva, where (this) -where (that) i.e. how distant or how different is this from that, how little is this consistent with that? BhP. vii, 9, 25. kutra becomes indefinite when connected with the particles api,cid e.g. kutrāpi, anywhere, somewhere,... ind. k/utrā cid ([ RV. ]) or kutra cid ([...
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