kāmam | कामम् | kAmam
kā/mam | का/मम् | ind. See s.v.
kā/mam | का/मम् | ind. (acc. of kā/ma | का/म |, g. svarādi | स्वरादि |, not in Kāś.) according to wish or desire, according to inclination, agreeably to desire, at will, freely, willingly, RV.; TS.; AitBr.; ŚBr.; ChUp.; MBh.; R. &c.
with pleasure, readily, gladly, MBh. iii, 298; Ragh.
(as a particle of assent) well, very well, granted, admitted that, indeed, really, surely, MBh. iii, 17195; R. v, 24, 4; Śak.; Bhartṛ.
well and good, in any case, at any rate, MBh. iii, 310, 19; R. iv, 9, 105; v, 53, 11; Śak.; Dhūrtas.
(with na | न |, ‘in no case’, R. iii, 56, 17)
granted that, in spite of that, notwithstanding, R. iv, 16, 50; Pañcat. &c.
though, although, supposing that (usually with Impv.), R. vi, 95, 49 and 56; Ragh. ii, 43; Śāntiś. (kāmaṃ-na | कामं-न | or na tu | न तु | or na ca | न च |, rather than, e.g. kāmam ā maraṛāt tiśWed gfhe kanyā | कामम् आ मरऋआत् तिश्Wएद् ग्फ़्हे कन्या | — na enām prayacCet tu guṛa-hīnāya | न एनाम् प्रयच्Cएत् तु गुऋअ-हीनाय |, ‘rather should a girl stay at home till her death, than that he should give her to one void of excellent qualities’, Mn. ix, 89; the negative sentence with na | न | or natu | नतु | or na ca | न च | may also precede, or its place may be taken by an interrogative sentence, e.g. kāmaṃ nayatu māṃ devaḥ kim arḍenātmano hi me | कामं नयतु मां देवः किम् अर्डेनात्मनो हि मे |, ‘rather let the god take me, what is the use to me of half my existence?’, BhP. vii, 2, 54 ; kāmaṃ | कामं | — tu | तु | or kiṃ tu | किं तु | or ca | च | or punar | पुनर् | or aṭāpi | अटापि | or taṭāpi | तटापि |, well, indeed, surely, truly, granted, though — however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, e.g. kāmaṃ tvayā parityaktā gamiśyāmi | कामं त्वया परित्यक्ता गमिश्यामि | — imaṃ tu bālaṃ saṃtyaktuṃ | इमं तु बालं संत्यक्तुं |, nārhasi | नार्हसि |, ‘granted that forsaken by thee I shall go — this child however thou must not forsake’, MBh. i, 3059; or the disjunctive particles may be left out, R.; Ragh. ii, 43; Śāntiś.; yady-api-kāmaṃ taṭāpi | यद्य्-अपि-कामं तटापि |, though — nevertheless, Prab.)
kā/mam | का/मम् | ind. (acc. of kā/ma | का/म |, g. svarādi | स्वरादि |, not in Kāś.) according to wish or desire, according to inclination, agreeably to desire, at will, freely, willingly, RV.; TS.; AitBr.; ŚBr.; ChUp.; MBh.; R. &c.
with pleasure, readily, gladly, MBh. iii, 298; Ragh.
(as a particle of assent) well, very well, granted, admitted that, indeed, really, surely, MBh. iii, 17195; R. v, 24, 4; Śak.; Bhartṛ.
well and good, in any case, at any rate, MBh. iii, 310, 19; R. iv, 9, 105; v, 53, 11; Śak.; Dhūrtas.
(with na | न |, ‘in no case’, R. iii, 56, 17)
granted that, in spite of that, notwithstanding, R. iv, 16, 50; Pañcat. &c.
though, although, supposing that (usually with Impv.), R. vi, 95, 49 and 56; Ragh. ii, 43; Śāntiś. (kāmaṃ-na | कामं-न | or na tu | न तु | or na ca | न च |, rather than, e.g. kāmam ā maraṛāt tiśWed gfhe kanyā | कामम् आ मरऋआत् तिश्Wएद् ग्फ़्हे कन्या | — na enām prayacCet tu guṛa-hīnāya | न एनाम् प्रयच्Cएत् तु गुऋअ-हीनाय |, ‘rather should a girl stay at home till her death, than that he should give her to one void of excellent qualities’, Mn. ix, 89; the negative sentence with na | न | or natu | नतु | or na ca | न च | may also precede, or its place may be taken by an interrogative sentence, e.g. kāmaṃ nayatu māṃ devaḥ kim arḍenātmano hi me | कामं नयतु मां देवः किम् अर्डेनात्मनो हि मे |, ‘rather let the god take me, what is the use to me of half my existence?’, BhP. vii, 2, 54 ; kāmaṃ | कामं | — tu | तु | or kiṃ tu | किं तु | or ca | च | or punar | पुनर् | or aṭāpi | अटापि | or taṭāpi | तटापि |, well, indeed, surely, truly, granted, though — however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, e.g. kāmaṃ tvayā parityaktā gamiśyāmi | कामं त्वया परित्यक्ता गमिश्यामि | — imaṃ tu bālaṃ saṃtyaktuṃ | इमं तु बालं संत्यक्तुं |, nārhasi | नार्हसि |, ‘granted that forsaken by thee I shall go — this child however thou must not forsake’, MBh. i, 3059; or the disjunctive particles may be left out, R.; Ragh. ii, 43; Śāntiś.; yady-api-kāmaṃ taṭāpi | यद्य्-अपि-कामं तटापि |, though — nevertheless, Prab.)