kevala केवल kévala mf(A, I)n. (m. nom. pl. e, [RV. x, 51, 9]) (f. ī, [RV. x, 73, 6]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; ā, [Mn.] &c. See [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 30]) (n. in comp. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 49]) exclusively one's own (not common to others), [RV.]; [AV.] alone, only, mere, sole, one, excluding others, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.] &c. not connected with anything else, isolated, abstract, absolute simple, pure, uncompounded, unmingled, [ŚBr.] &c. entire, whole, all, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. selfish, envious, [L.] kévala m. (= kelaka) a dancer, tumbler, [Gal.] N. of a prince, [BhP. ix, 2, 30] kévala n. the doctrine of the absolute unity of spirit the highest possible knowledge (= kevala-jñāna), [Jain.] N. of a country (v.l. kerala), [MBh. vi, 9, 34.] kevalam केवलम् kévalam ind. only, merely, solely (na kevalam — api, not only — but also, [Ragh.]; [VP.]; [Rājat.]; kevalam-na tu, only — but not, [Śṛṅgār.]), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. entirely, wholly, absolutely, [R. ii, 87, 23] but, [Kād.]; [Hcar.] (= nirṇītam) certainly, decidedly, [L.] kevalaśas केवलशस् kevala—śas ind. completely, [AitBr. vi, 9.] kevalatas केवलतस् kevala—tas ind. only Comm. on [Yājñ.] kevalatva केवलत्व kevala—tva n. the state of standing by itself or alone, [VPrāt.], Sch. kevalajñāna केवलज्ञान kevala—jñāna n. the highest possible knowledge, [Jain.] kevalaputrā केवलपुत्रा kevala—putrā f. N. of a Tīrtha, [Rasik.] kevalabarhis केवलबर्हिस् kévala—barhis (kév°), mfn. having its own sacrificial straw, [ŚBr. ii.] kevaladravya केवलद्रव्य kevala—dravya n. mere matter or substance, [RāmatUp.] black pepper, [L.] kevalajñānin केवलज्ञानिन् kevala—jñānin m. ‘possessing the kevala-jñāna’, an Arhat, [Jain.] kevalakarmin केवलकर्मिन् kevala—karmin mfn. performing mere works (without intelligence), [Bādar. iii, 1, 7], Sch. kevalamānuṣa केवलमानुष kevala—mānuṣa m. a mere man (and nothing else), [MBh. xii.] kevalavātika केवलवातिक kevala—vātika mf(I)n. applied for diseases of a simple rheumatic kind, [Car.] kevalanaiyāyika केवलनैयायिक kevala—naiyāyika m. a mere logician (not versed in any other science), [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 49], Sch. kevalavaiyākaraṇa केवलवैयाकरण kevala—vaiyākaraṇa m. a mere grammarian (not versed in any other science). kevalavyatirekin केवलव्यतिरेकिन् kevala—vyatirekin mfn. pertaining only to separateness, [Tarkas.] kevalabrahmopaniṣad केवलब्रह्मोपनिषद् kevala—brahmopaniṣad f. N. of an [Up.]