kútas ind. (fr. 1. ku), from whom? (for the abl. case of 2. ká), [RV. i, 164, 18]; [AV. viii, 9, 4]
(kutaḥ kālāt, since what time? [VP.])
from where? whence? [RV.] &c.
whereto? in which direction? [BhP. viii, 19, 34]
(ā kutas, 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, which occurs in comp., has an indefinite sense (e.g. a-kuto-mṛtyu, not fearing death from any quarter, [BhP. iii, 17, 19]; cf. a-kutobhaya)
is also indefinite when connected with the particles api, cid, cana (e.g. kuto 'pi, from any quarter, from any cause, [Pañcat.]; kuto 'pi kāraṇāt, from any cause, [Prab.]; kutaś-cid, from any one, from anywhere, [RV.]; [KaṭhUp.] &c. (cf. akutaścid-bhaya); kutaś cana, (with a negation preceding) from no side, [RV.]; [TUp.] &c.; to no side, [R. v, 74, 21]; yataḥ kutaś-cid from any person soever Comm. on [KātyŚr.])