kva

Dictionary meanings for kva from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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kva

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ind. 1 Whither, where; kvate' nyonyaṃ yatnāḥ kva ca nu gahanāḥ kautukarasāḥ U. 6. 33; kva-kva when repeated in co-ordinate sentences imply ‘great difference,’ or ‘incongruity’; kva rujā hṛdayapramāthinī kva ca te viśvasanīyamāyudhaṃ M. 3. 2; kva sūryaprabhavo vaṃśaḥ kva cālpavi- ṣayā matiḥ R. 1. 2; Ki. 1. 6; Ś. 2. 18.

2 Sometimes kva is used in the sense of the loc. of kim kva pradeśe i. e. kasminpradeśe. (a) With...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ind. (fr. 1. ku Pa1n2. 5-3, 12; 5-2, 105) loc. of 2. k/a = kasmin, or katarasmin Mn. x, 66 (kva śreyas-tvam, in whom is the preference?) Katha1s. lxxxiii, 36 324,2 58684 ind. where? in what place? whither? RV. (sometimes connected with particles /aha, /id, iva, sv/id) &c 324,2 58684.02 ind. (connected with nu) Nal.; Ma1lav. 324,2 58684.04 ind. (with nu khalu) S3ak. 324,2 58684.06

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