eva | एव | eva
1. eva/ | एव/ | ind. (in the Saṃhitā also evā/ | एवा/ |) (√ i, Uṇ. i, 152; fr. pronom. base e, BRD., probably connected with 2. e/va | ए/व |), so, just so, exactly so (in the sense of the later evam | एवम् |), RV.; AV.
indeed, truly, really (often at the beginning of a verse in conjunction with other particles, as id | इद् |, hi | हि |), RV.
(in its most frequent use of strengthening the idea expressed by any word, eva | एव | must be variously rendered by such adverbs as) just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely, immediately on, still, already, &c. (e.g. tvam eva yantā nānyo 'sti pfṭivyām | त्वम् एव यन्ता नान्यो ऽस्ति प्फ़्टिव्याम् |, thou alone art a charioteer, no other is on earth, i.e. thou art the best charioteer, MBh. iii, 2825; tāvatīm eva rātrim | तावतीम् एव रात्रिम् |, just so long as a night; evam eva | एवम् एव | or taṭEva | तट्Eव |, exactly so, in this manner only; in the same manner as above; tenEva mantreṛa | तेन्Eव मन्त्रेऋअ |, with the same Mantra as above; apaḥ spfśwvEva | अपः स्प्फ़्श्wव्Eव |, by merely touching water; tān eva | तान् एव |, these very persons; na cirād eva | न चिराद् एव |, in no long time at all; japyenEva | जप्येन्Eव |, by sole repetition; aBuktvEva | अBउक्त्व्Eव |, even without having eaten; iti vadann eva | इति वदन्न् एव |, at the very moment of saying so; sa jīvann eva | स जीवन्न् एव |, he while still living, &c.), RV. &c., MBh. &c.
(sometimes, esp. in connection with other adverbs, eva | एव | is a mere expletive without any exact meaning and not translatable, e.g. tv eva | त्व् एव |, cEva | च्Eव |, eva ca | एव च |, &c.; according to native authorities eva | एव | implies emphasis, affirmation, detraction, diminution, command, restrainment);
eva | एव | [cf. Zd. aeva; Goth. aiv; Old Germ. eo, io; Mod. Germ. je.]
2. e/va | ए/व | mfn. (√ i), going, moving, speedy, quick, TBr. iii; Uṇ.
e/va | ए/व | (as | अस् |), m. course, way (generally instr. pl.), RV.
the earth, world, VS. xv, 4; 5 [Mahīdh.]
a horse, RV. i, 158, 3 [Sāy.]
e/va | ए/व | (ās | आस् |), m. pl. way or manner of acting or proceeding, conduct, habit, usage, custom, RV.
e/va | ए/व | m.
eva | एव | [cf. Gk. αἰές, αἰών; Lat. aevu-m; Goth. aivs; O. H. G. êwa and Angl.Sax. êu, êo, ‘custom’, ‘law’; Germ. Ehe.]
indeed, truly, really (often at the beginning of a verse in conjunction with other particles, as id | इद् |, hi | हि |), RV.
(in its most frequent use of strengthening the idea expressed by any word, eva | एव | must be variously rendered by such adverbs as) just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely, immediately on, still, already, &c. (e.g. tvam eva yantā nānyo 'sti pfṭivyām | त्वम् एव यन्ता नान्यो ऽस्ति प्फ़्टिव्याम् |, thou alone art a charioteer, no other is on earth, i.e. thou art the best charioteer, MBh. iii, 2825; tāvatīm eva rātrim | तावतीम् एव रात्रिम् |, just so long as a night; evam eva | एवम् एव | or taṭEva | तट्Eव |, exactly so, in this manner only; in the same manner as above; tenEva mantreṛa | तेन्Eव मन्त्रेऋअ |, with the same Mantra as above; apaḥ spfśwvEva | अपः स्प्फ़्श्wव्Eव |, by merely touching water; tān eva | तान् एव |, these very persons; na cirād eva | न चिराद् एव |, in no long time at all; japyenEva | जप्येन्Eव |, by sole repetition; aBuktvEva | अBउक्त्व्Eव |, even without having eaten; iti vadann eva | इति वदन्न् एव |, at the very moment of saying so; sa jīvann eva | स जीवन्न् एव |, he while still living, &c.), RV. &c., MBh. &c.
(sometimes, esp. in connection with other adverbs, eva | एव | is a mere expletive without any exact meaning and not translatable, e.g. tv eva | त्व् एव |, cEva | च्Eव |, eva ca | एव च |, &c.; according to native authorities eva | एव | implies emphasis, affirmation, detraction, diminution, command, restrainment);
eva | एव | [cf. Zd. aeva; Goth. aiv; Old Germ. eo, io; Mod. Germ. je.]
2. e/va | ए/व | mfn. (√ i), going, moving, speedy, quick, TBr. iii; Uṇ.
e/va | ए/व | (as | अस् |), m. course, way (generally instr. pl.), RV.
the earth, world, VS. xv, 4; 5 [Mahīdh.]
a horse, RV. i, 158, 3 [Sāy.]
e/va | ए/व | (ās | आस् |), m. pl. way or manner of acting or proceeding, conduct, habit, usage, custom, RV.
e/va | ए/व | m.
eva | एव | [cf. Gk. αἰές, αἰών; Lat. aevu-m; Goth. aivs; O. H. G. êwa and Angl.Sax. êu, êo, ‘custom’, ‘law’; Germ. Ehe.]