cana | चन | cana
cana/ | चन/ | ind. (ca na/ | च न/ |, SV.) and not, also not, even not, not even (this particle is placed after the word to which it gives force; a preceding verb is accentuated [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57]; in Vedic language it is generally, but not always, found without any other neg. particle, whereas in the later language another neg. is usually added, e.g. ā/paṣ cana/pra/ minanti vrata/ṃ vāṃ | आ/पष् चन/प्र/ मिनन्ति व्रत/ं वां |, ‘not even the waters violate your ordinance’, RV. ii, 24, 12; nā/ha vivyāca pfṭivī/ canE/naṃ | ना/ह विव्याच प्फ़्टिवी/ चन्E/नं |, ‘the earth even does not contain him’, iii, 36, 4; in class. Sanskṛt it is only used after the interrogatives ka/ | क/ |, katara/ | कतर/ |, katama/ | कतम/ |, kaṭam | कटम् |, ka/d | क/द् |, kadā/ | कदा/ |, kim | किम् |, ku/tas | कु/तस् |, kva | क्व |, making them indefinite), RV.; AV. &c. also, RV. i, 139, 2; vi, 26, 7; viii, 78, 10.