tāvat | तावत् | tAvat
tā/vat | ता/वत् | mf(atī | अती |)n. (fr. 2. ta | त |, Pāṇ. v, 2, 39; vi, 3, 91) so great, so large, so much, so far, so long, so many (correlative of yā/vat | या/वत् |; rarely of ya | य | or yaṭokta | यटोक्त |, Nal. &c.), RV. &c. (yāvatā kśaṛena tāvatā | यावता क्शऋएन तावता |, ‘after so long time, in that time’, as soon as, Rājat. v, 110)
just a little, Kir. ii, 48
(in alg.) an unknown quantity (also with yāvat | यावत् |)
tā/vat | ता/वत् | ind. (correlative of yā/vat | या/वत् |) so much, so greatly, to such an extent, in such a number, so far, RV.; AV. &c. (tā/vat-tāvat | ता/वत्-तावत् |, ŚBr. i, 8, 1, 6)
so long, in that time, RV. x, 88, 19; ŚBr. i; Mn. &c.
meanwhile, in the mean time (the correlative yāvat | यावत् | being often connected with a neg., e.g. tāvac CoBate mūrKo yāvat kiṃ-cin na Bāśate | तावच् CओBअते मूर्Kओ यावत् किं-चिन् न Bआशते |, ‘so long a fool shines as long as he says nothing’, Hit.; ṣocayiśyāmy ātmānaṃ tāvad yāvan me prāptam brāhmaṛyam | षोचयिश्याम्य् आत्मानं तावद् यावन् मे प्राप्तम् ब्राह्मऋयम् |, ‘so long I will emaciate myself, as long as [i.e. until] I have obtained the state of a Brāhman’, R. i, 64, 19), ŚBr. xiv, 4, 2, 30; ChUp. vi, 14, 2; Mn.; MBh. &c. (also correlative of purā | पुरा | [R. i, 28, 21], of yāvatā na | यावता न |, of yāvat | यावत् | preceded by purā | पुरा | [MBh. xiii, 4556], or without any correlative [2727; Kathās.; Hit.])
at once, now, just, first (followed by anantaram | अनन्तरम् | [Hit.], aparam | अपरम् | [Pañcat.], api | अपि | [ib.], idānīm | इदानीम् | [Hit.], uta | उत | [Śak.], ca | च | [Daś.; Prab.], tatas | ततस् | [Mn. iv, 174; Ragh. vii, 4 f.], tad-anu | तद्-अनु | [Megh.], tu | तु | [Daś. vii; Vedāntas.], paṣcāt | पष्चात् | [R. ii], punar | पुनर् | [Pañcat.], vā | वा |; very often connected with an Impv., rarely [MBh. iv, 888; R. ii, 56, 13] with a Pot., often with the 1st person of pr. or fut. MBh. &c.; the Impv. is sometimes to be supplied [itas tāvat | इतस् तावत् |, ‘just come hither’; mā tāvat | मा तावत् |, ‘by no means, God forbid!’] Śak.; Mālav.; Vikr.; Prab.; sometimes arhasi | अर्हसि | with the inf. is used instead, R. i f.)
(with na | न | or a- | अ- |) not yet, MBh. &c. (followed by yāvat | यावत् |, ‘while’, Kathās. xxvi, 23; tāvan na-api na | तावन् न-अपि न |, ‘not only not-but also not’, Kād.)
very well, all right, Hcar.
indeed, truly (e.g. dfQas tāvad banḍaḥ | द्फ़्Qअस् तावद् बन्डः |, ‘the knot is tight I must admit’, Hit.; gatā tāvat | गता तावत् |, ‘she is indeed gone’, Kathās. xviii, 241), R. &c.
already (opposed to ‘how much more’ or ‘how much less’), R. iv f.; Śak.
really (= eva | एव |, sometimes connected with this particle, e.g. vikrayas tāvad eva saḥ | विक्रयस् तावद् एव सः |, ‘it is really a sale’), Mn. iii, 53; Hariv. 7110; R. &c.
tāvat | तावत् | [cf. Lat. tantus.]
just a little, Kir. ii, 48
(in alg.) an unknown quantity (also with yāvat | यावत् |)
tā/vat | ता/वत् | ind. (correlative of yā/vat | या/वत् |) so much, so greatly, to such an extent, in such a number, so far, RV.; AV. &c. (tā/vat-tāvat | ता/वत्-तावत् |, ŚBr. i, 8, 1, 6)
so long, in that time, RV. x, 88, 19; ŚBr. i; Mn. &c.
meanwhile, in the mean time (the correlative yāvat | यावत् | being often connected with a neg., e.g. tāvac CoBate mūrKo yāvat kiṃ-cin na Bāśate | तावच् CओBअते मूर्Kओ यावत् किं-चिन् न Bआशते |, ‘so long a fool shines as long as he says nothing’, Hit.; ṣocayiśyāmy ātmānaṃ tāvad yāvan me prāptam brāhmaṛyam | षोचयिश्याम्य् आत्मानं तावद् यावन् मे प्राप्तम् ब्राह्मऋयम् |, ‘so long I will emaciate myself, as long as [i.e. until] I have obtained the state of a Brāhman’, R. i, 64, 19), ŚBr. xiv, 4, 2, 30; ChUp. vi, 14, 2; Mn.; MBh. &c. (also correlative of purā | पुरा | [R. i, 28, 21], of yāvatā na | यावता न |, of yāvat | यावत् | preceded by purā | पुरा | [MBh. xiii, 4556], or without any correlative [2727; Kathās.; Hit.])
at once, now, just, first (followed by anantaram | अनन्तरम् | [Hit.], aparam | अपरम् | [Pañcat.], api | अपि | [ib.], idānīm | इदानीम् | [Hit.], uta | उत | [Śak.], ca | च | [Daś.; Prab.], tatas | ततस् | [Mn. iv, 174; Ragh. vii, 4 f.], tad-anu | तद्-अनु | [Megh.], tu | तु | [Daś. vii; Vedāntas.], paṣcāt | पष्चात् | [R. ii], punar | पुनर् | [Pañcat.], vā | वा |; very often connected with an Impv., rarely [MBh. iv, 888; R. ii, 56, 13] with a Pot., often with the 1st person of pr. or fut. MBh. &c.; the Impv. is sometimes to be supplied [itas tāvat | इतस् तावत् |, ‘just come hither’; mā tāvat | मा तावत् |, ‘by no means, God forbid!’] Śak.; Mālav.; Vikr.; Prab.; sometimes arhasi | अर्हसि | with the inf. is used instead, R. i f.)
(with na | न | or a- | अ- |) not yet, MBh. &c. (followed by yāvat | यावत् |, ‘while’, Kathās. xxvi, 23; tāvan na-api na | तावन् न-अपि न |, ‘not only not-but also not’, Kād.)
very well, all right, Hcar.
indeed, truly (e.g. dfQas tāvad banḍaḥ | द्फ़्Qअस् तावद् बन्डः |, ‘the knot is tight I must admit’, Hit.; gatā tāvat | गता तावत् |, ‘she is indeed gone’, Kathās. xviii, 241), R. &c.
already (opposed to ‘how much more’ or ‘how much less’), R. iv f.; Śak.
really (= eva | एव |, sometimes connected with this particle, e.g. vikrayas tāvad eva saḥ | विक्रयस् तावद् एव सः |, ‘it is really a sale’), Mn. iii, 53; Hariv. 7110; R. &c.
tāvat | तावत् | [cf. Lat. tantus.]