kutas | कुतस् | kutas
ku/tas | कु/तस् | ind. (fr. 1. ku | कु |), from whom? (for the abl. case of 2. ka/ | क/ |), RV. i, 164, 18; AV. viii, 9, 4
(kutaḥ kālāt | कुतः कालात् |, since what time? VP.)
from where? whence? RV. &c.
whereto? in which direction? BhP. viii, 19, 34
(ā kutas | आ कुतस् |, up to where? Pat.)
where? R. vii, 23, 3
wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because, Lāṭy. &c. (often in dramas before verses giving the reason of what precedes)
how? in what manner? ChUp. &c.
how much less? much less, ChUp.; MuṇḍUp.; MBh. &c. In a-kutas | अ-कुतस् |, which occurs in comp., kutas | कुतस् | has an indefinite sense (e.g. a-kuto-mftyu | अ-कुतो-म्फ़्त्यु |, not fearing death from any quarter, BhP. iii, 17, 19; cf. a-kutoBaya | अ-कुतोBअय |)
kutas | कुतस् | is also indefinite when connected with the particles api | अपि |, cid | चिद् |, cana | चन | (e.g. kuto 'pi | कुतो ऽपि |, from any quarter, from any cause, Pañcat.; kuto 'pi kāraṛāt | कुतो ऽपि कारऋआत् |, from any cause, Prab.; kutaṣ-cid | कुतष्-चिद् |, from any one, from anywhere, RV.; KaṭhUp. &c. (cf. akutaṣcid-Baya | अकुतष्चिद्-Bअय |); kutaṣ cana | कुतष् चन |, (with a negation preceding) from no side, RV.; TUp. &c.; to no side, R. v, 74, 21; yataḥ kutaṣ-cid | यतः कुतष्-चिद् | from any person soever Comm. on KātyŚr.)
(kutaḥ kālāt | कुतः कालात् |, since what time? VP.)
from where? whence? RV. &c.
whereto? in which direction? BhP. viii, 19, 34
(ā kutas | आ कुतस् |, up to where? Pat.)
where? R. vii, 23, 3
wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because, Lāṭy. &c. (often in dramas before verses giving the reason of what precedes)
how? in what manner? ChUp. &c.
how much less? much less, ChUp.; MuṇḍUp.; MBh. &c. In a-kutas | अ-कुतस् |, which occurs in comp., kutas | कुतस् | has an indefinite sense (e.g. a-kuto-mftyu | अ-कुतो-म्फ़्त्यु |, not fearing death from any quarter, BhP. iii, 17, 19; cf. a-kutoBaya | अ-कुतोBअय |)
kutas | कुतस् | is also indefinite when connected with the particles api | अपि |, cid | चिद् |, cana | चन | (e.g. kuto 'pi | कुतो ऽपि |, from any quarter, from any cause, Pañcat.; kuto 'pi kāraṛāt | कुतो ऽपि कारऋआत् |, from any cause, Prab.; kutaṣ-cid | कुतष्-चिद् |, from any one, from anywhere, RV.; KaṭhUp. &c. (cf. akutaṣcid-Baya | अकुतष्चिद्-Bअय |); kutaṣ cana | कुतष् चन |, (with a negation preceding) from no side, RV.; TUp. &c.; to no side, R. v, 74, 21; yataḥ kutaṣ-cid | यतः कुतष्-चिद् | from any person soever Comm. on KātyŚr.)