kva | क्व | kva
kva^ | क्व^ | ind. (fr. 1. ku | कु |, Pāṇ. v, 3, 12; v, 2, 105) loc. of 2. ka/ | क/ | = kasmin | कस्मिन् |, or katarasmin | कतरस्मिन् |, Mn. x, 66 (kva ṣreyas-tvam | क्व ष्रेयस्-त्वम् |, in whom is the preference?), Kathās. lxxxiii, 36
where? in what place? whither? RV. (sometimes connected with particles a/ha | अ/ह |, i/d | इ/द् |, iva | इव |, svi/d | स्वि/द् |) &c.
(connected with nu | नु |), Nal.; Mālav.
(with nu Kalu | नु Kअलु |), Śak.
(with √ Bū | Bऊ |, √ as | अस् |) how is it with? what has become of? i.e. it is done with, RV. i, 161, 4; vii, 88, 5; AV. x, 8, 7; ŚBr.; Pāṇ. iii, 1, 12, Vārtt. 1, Pat.
(with gata | गत |) how is it with? Nal.; Daś. (kva gatas tava mayy anurāgaḥ | क्व गतस् तव मय्य् अनुरागः |, what has become of your affection for me ?)
or kva | क्व | alone may have the same meaning (e. g. kva suKam | क्व सुKअम् |, where is happiness? i.e. there is no such thing as happiness, Śāntiś.), Pañcat.; Naiṣ. i, 20
(after a negative phrase) how much less? R. i, 67, 10
kva | क्व | — kva | क्व | or kutra-kva | कुत्र-क्व | (implying excessive incongruity) where is this? where is that? how distant is this from that? how little does this agree with that? (e.g. kva sūrya-praBavo vaṃṣaḥ kva cālpa-viśayā matiḥ | क्व सूर्य-प्रBअवो वंषः क्व चाल्प-विशया मतिः |, how can my limited intellect describe the solar race? Ragh. i, 2), MBh.; R. &c.
kvāpi | क्वापि |, anywhere, somewhere, to some place, in a certain place, Nal.; Pañcat.; Kathās.
sometimes, Sāh.; Hit.
na kva ca | न क्व च |, nowhere, never, BhP. iv, 29, 64
na kva cana | न क्व चन |, nowhere, MBh. xiv, 560
kva cid | क्व चिद् | = kasmiṃṣ-cid | कस्मिंष्-चिद् |, Pañcat.
anywhere, somewhere, to any place, in a certain place, Mn.; R.; Śak. &c.
in a certain case, at some time, once upon a time, Nal.; Pañcat. &c.
sometimes Comm.
kvacid | क्वचिद् | — kvacid | क्वचिद् |, here — there, here and there, in various places, MBh. i
now — then, now and then, R. iii, 50, 7; Bhartṛ. i, 4
na kvacid | न क्वचिद् |, nowhere, never, by no means, Mn.; Yājñ.; Nal. &c.
kvacid api na | क्वचिद् अपि न | id., Megh.
yatra kvāpi | यत्र क्वापि |, wherever, in whatsoever place, Bhartṛ. iii, 91
ya/tra kva^-ca | य/त्र क्व^-च | id., ŚBr.; ChUp.; Lāṭy.; BhP.
yatra kva-cana | यत्र क्व-चन |, in or to whatsoever place
in any case or matter whatever, Mn. ix, 233
whenever, BhP. v, 21, 9
yatra kva vāṭa | यत्र क्व वाट | — tatra tatrāpi | तत्र तत्रापि |, wherever — there, BhP. i, 17, 36.
where? in what place? whither? RV. (sometimes connected with particles a/ha | अ/ह |, i/d | इ/द् |, iva | इव |, svi/d | स्वि/द् |) &c.
(connected with nu | नु |), Nal.; Mālav.
(with nu Kalu | नु Kअलु |), Śak.
(with √ Bū | Bऊ |, √ as | अस् |) how is it with? what has become of? i.e. it is done with, RV. i, 161, 4; vii, 88, 5; AV. x, 8, 7; ŚBr.; Pāṇ. iii, 1, 12, Vārtt. 1, Pat.
(with gata | गत |) how is it with? Nal.; Daś. (kva gatas tava mayy anurāgaḥ | क्व गतस् तव मय्य् अनुरागः |, what has become of your affection for me ?)
or kva | क्व | alone may have the same meaning (e. g. kva suKam | क्व सुKअम् |, where is happiness? i.e. there is no such thing as happiness, Śāntiś.), Pañcat.; Naiṣ. i, 20
(after a negative phrase) how much less? R. i, 67, 10
kva | क्व | — kva | क्व | or kutra-kva | कुत्र-क्व | (implying excessive incongruity) where is this? where is that? how distant is this from that? how little does this agree with that? (e.g. kva sūrya-praBavo vaṃṣaḥ kva cālpa-viśayā matiḥ | क्व सूर्य-प्रBअवो वंषः क्व चाल्प-विशया मतिः |, how can my limited intellect describe the solar race? Ragh. i, 2), MBh.; R. &c.
kvāpi | क्वापि |, anywhere, somewhere, to some place, in a certain place, Nal.; Pañcat.; Kathās.
sometimes, Sāh.; Hit.
na kva ca | न क्व च |, nowhere, never, BhP. iv, 29, 64
na kva cana | न क्व चन |, nowhere, MBh. xiv, 560
kva cid | क्व चिद् | = kasmiṃṣ-cid | कस्मिंष्-चिद् |, Pañcat.
anywhere, somewhere, to any place, in a certain place, Mn.; R.; Śak. &c.
in a certain case, at some time, once upon a time, Nal.; Pañcat. &c.
sometimes Comm.
kvacid | क्वचिद् | — kvacid | क्वचिद् |, here — there, here and there, in various places, MBh. i
now — then, now and then, R. iii, 50, 7; Bhartṛ. i, 4
na kvacid | न क्वचिद् |, nowhere, never, by no means, Mn.; Yājñ.; Nal. &c.
kvacid api na | क्वचिद् अपि न | id., Megh.
yatra kvāpi | यत्र क्वापि |, wherever, in whatsoever place, Bhartṛ. iii, 91
ya/tra kva^-ca | य/त्र क्व^-च | id., ŚBr.; ChUp.; Lāṭy.; BhP.
yatra kva-cana | यत्र क्व-चन |, in or to whatsoever place
in any case or matter whatever, Mn. ix, 233
whenever, BhP. v, 21, 9
yatra kva vāṭa | यत्र क्व वाट | — tatra tatrāpi | तत्र तत्रापि |, wherever — there, BhP. i, 17, 36.