a. (tī f.)(As a correla- tive of tavat) 1 As much as, as many as, (yāvat standing for ‘as’ and tāvat for ‘as much or as many’); pure tāvaṃ- tamevāsya tanoti ravirātapaṃ. dīrghikākamalo- nmeṣo yāvanmātreṇa sādhyataṃ Ku. 2. 33; te tu yāvaṃta evājau tāvāṃśca dadṛśe sa taiḥ R. 12. 45, 17. 17.

2 As great; as large, how great or large yāvānartha udapāne sarva- taḥ saṃplutodake. tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ...

mf (atI) n. (fr. 3. ya; correlative of tāvat q.v.) as great, as large, as much, as many, as often, as frequent, as far, as long, as old &c (or how great &c = quantus, quot or qualis) RV. &c (y/āvantaḥ k/iyantaḥ, as many as TBr.; y/āvad vā yāvad vā, as much as... ind. as greatly as, as far as, as much or as many as 852,1 171540 ind. as often as, whenever 852,1 171541 ind. as long as, whilst 852,1 171542