yāvat | यावत् | yAvat
yā/vat | या/वत् | mf(atī | अती |)n. (fr. 3. ya | य |; correlative of tāvat | तावत् |, q.v.) as great, as large, as much, as many, as often, as frequent, as far, as long, as old &c. (or how great &c. = quantus, quot or qualis), RV. &c. &c. (yā/vantaḥ ki/yantaḥ | या/वन्तः कि/यन्तः |, ‘as many as’, TBr.; yā/vad vā yāvad vā | या/वद् वा यावद् वा |, ‘as much as possible’, ŚBr.; yāvat tāvat | यावत् तावत् |, ‘so much as’, in alg. applied to the first unknown quantity [= x] or so much of the unknown as its co-efficient number; in this sense also expressed by the first syllable yā | या | cf. IW. 182; iti yāvat | इति यावत् | in Comms. ‘just so much’, ‘only so’, ‘that is to say’, ‘such is the explanation’)
yā/vat | या/वत् | ind. as greatly as, as far as, as much or as many as
as often as, whenever
as long as, whilst
as soon as, the moment that, until that, till, until, RV. &c. &c. (in these senses used with either pres. Pot. fut. impf., or aor., or with the simple copula). yāvat | यावत् | with the 1st sg. of pres., rarely of Pot., may denote an intended action and may be translated by ‘meanwhile’, ‘just’
yā/vad yāvad-tā/vat tāvat | या/वद् यावद्-ता/वत् तावत् |, ‘as gradually as-so’, ŚBr.
yāvan na | यावन् न |, ‘while not’, ‘before’, ‘till’
‘if not’, ‘whether not’
na yāvattāvat | न यावत्तावत् |, ‘scarcely-when’, ‘no sooner-than’
na param | न परम् | or na kevalam-yāvat | न केवलम्-यावत् |, ‘not only-but even’. Sometimes yāvat | यावत् | is also used as a preposition with a prec. or following acc., or with a following abl., rarely dat., e.g. māsam ekaṃ yāvat | मासम् एकं यावत् |, ‘during one month’
sūryodayaṃ yāvat | सूर्योदयं यावत् |, ‘until sunrise’
sarpa-vivaraṃ yāvat | सर्प-विवरं यावत् |, ‘up to the serpent's hole’
yāvad | यावद् | or yāvad-ā samāpanāt | यावद्-आ समापनात् |, ‘until the completion’
yāvad garBasya paripākāya | यावद् गर्Bअस्य परिपाकाय |, ‘until the maturity of the fetus’. Sometimes also with a nom. followed by iti | इति |, e.g. anta iti yāvat | अन्त इति यावत् |, ‘as far as the end’
paẏca yāvad iti | पय़्च यावद् इति |, ‘up to five’
yā/vat | या/वत् | ind. or with another ind. word, e.g. adya yāvat | अद्य यावत् |, ‘up to this day’. yāvatā | यावता | ind. as far as, as long as, Āpast.; R.; BhP.
yā/vat | या/वत् | ind. till, until (with Pot.), Lāṭy. (with na | न |, as long as not, before, BhP.)
as soon as, the moment that, Cat.
in as much as, Pat.
yā/vat | या/वत् | ind. yāvati-tāvati | यावति-तावति |, Daś.
yā/vat | या/वत् | ind. as greatly as, as far as, as much or as many as
as often as, whenever
as long as, whilst
as soon as, the moment that, until that, till, until, RV. &c. &c. (in these senses used with either pres. Pot. fut. impf., or aor., or with the simple copula). yāvat | यावत् | with the 1st sg. of pres., rarely of Pot., may denote an intended action and may be translated by ‘meanwhile’, ‘just’
yā/vad yāvad-tā/vat tāvat | या/वद् यावद्-ता/वत् तावत् |, ‘as gradually as-so’, ŚBr.
yāvan na | यावन् न |, ‘while not’, ‘before’, ‘till’
‘if not’, ‘whether not’
na yāvattāvat | न यावत्तावत् |, ‘scarcely-when’, ‘no sooner-than’
na param | न परम् | or na kevalam-yāvat | न केवलम्-यावत् |, ‘not only-but even’. Sometimes yāvat | यावत् | is also used as a preposition with a prec. or following acc., or with a following abl., rarely dat., e.g. māsam ekaṃ yāvat | मासम् एकं यावत् |, ‘during one month’
sūryodayaṃ yāvat | सूर्योदयं यावत् |, ‘until sunrise’
sarpa-vivaraṃ yāvat | सर्प-विवरं यावत् |, ‘up to the serpent's hole’
yāvad | यावद् | or yāvad-ā samāpanāt | यावद्-आ समापनात् |, ‘until the completion’
yāvad garBasya paripākāya | यावद् गर्Bअस्य परिपाकाय |, ‘until the maturity of the fetus’. Sometimes also with a nom. followed by iti | इति |, e.g. anta iti yāvat | अन्त इति यावत् |, ‘as far as the end’
paẏca yāvad iti | पय़्च यावद् इति |, ‘up to five’
yā/vat | या/वत् | ind. or with another ind. word, e.g. adya yāvat | अद्य यावत् |, ‘up to this day’. yāvatā | यावता | ind. as far as, as long as, Āpast.; R.; BhP.
yā/vat | या/वत् | ind. till, until (with Pot.), Lāṭy. (with na | न |, as long as not, before, BhP.)
as soon as, the moment that, Cat.
in as much as, Pat.
yā/vat | या/वत् | ind. yāvati-tāvati | यावति-तावति |, Daś.