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kvaक्वkvà ind. (fr. 1. ku, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 12]; [v, 2, 105]) loc. of 2. ká = kasmin, or katarasmin, [Mn. x, 66] (kva śreyas-tvam, in whom is the preference?), [Kathās. lxxxiii, 36]
where? in what place? whither? [RV.] (sometimes connected with particles áha, íd, iva, svíd) &c.
(connected with nu), [Nal.]; [Mālav.]
(with nu khalu), [Śak.]
(with √ bhū, √ as) 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) how is it with? [Nal.]; [Daś.] (kva gatas tava mayy anurāgaḥ, what has become of your affection for me ?)
or alone may have the same meaning (e. g. kva sukham, 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]
— or kutra-kva (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-prabhavo vaṃśaḥ kva cālpa-viṣayā matiḥ, how can my limited intellect describe the solar race? [Ragh. i, 2]), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
kvāpi, anywhere, somewhere, to some place, in a certain place, [Nal.]; [Pañcat.]; [Kathās.]
sometimes, [Sāh.]; [Hit.]
na kva ca, nowhere, never, [BhP. iv, 29, 64]
na kva cana, nowhere, [MBh. xiv, 560]
kva cid = kasmiṃś-cid, [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 — kvacid, here — there, here and there, in various places, [MBh. i]
now — then, now and then, [R. iii, 50, 7]; [Bhartṛ. i, 4]
na kvacid, nowhere, never, by no means, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Nal.] &c.
kvacid api na id., [Megh.]
yatra kvāpi, wherever, in whatsoever place, [Bhartṛ. iii, 91]
yátra kvà-ca id., [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [Lāṭy.]; [BhP.]
yatra kva-cana, in or to whatsoever place
in any case or matter whatever, [Mn. ix, 233]
whenever, [BhP. v, 21, 9]
yatra kva vātha — tatra tatrāpi, wherever — there, [BhP. i, 17, 36.]
kvaṇक्वण्cl. 1. P. kvaṇati (pr. p. kvaṇat), to sound, make any sound, tinkle, [Amar.]; [Kathās. lxxxv, 25]; [Hit.]; to hum (as a bee), [Bhaṭṭ. vi, 84]; (said of Kiṃnaras and Yātu-dhānas), [Kum. i, 55] and [Bhaṭṭ.] (aor. 3. pl. akvāṇiṣur) : Caus. P. kvaṇayati (pr. p. f. °yatī), to cause to sound, make sound (as a musical instrument), blow (the flute), [BhP. iii, 15, 21]; [x, 44, 13] and [16]; to produce a sound with (instr.), [iv, 24, 12]; [x, 60, 8.]
kvathक्वथ्cl. 1. Ā. kvathate, to boil, prepare by heat, [Kāṭh.]; to digest, [W.]; to be hot (as the heart), [Hcar.] : Caus. kvāthayati, to cause to boil, decoct, [Kauś.]; [ŚārṅgS.]; (Pass. kvāthyate), [MBh.]; [Suśr. i, 45, 3]; [MārkP. xii, 36.]
kvaṇaक्वणm. the sound or tone of any musical instrument, [L.]
sound in general, [L.]
kvathaक्वथm. (g. jvalādi) a decoction, extract.
kvahaक्वहkv-aha See 2. ku at end.
kvalaक्वलkvàla m. pl. (= kúvala) jujube fruit (used for coagulating substances), [TS. ii, 5, 3, 5.]
kvayiक्वयिkváyi m. a kind of bird, [VS. xxiv, 29]; [TS. v, 5, 17, 1] (= mṛga-viśeṣa, Sch.)
kvaṅguक्वङ्गुm. (= kaṅgu) a variety of Panic (Panicum italicum), [L.]
kvasthaक्वस्थkvástha mfn. where being? [Pat.] on [Śivas. 2], Vārtt. 3.
kvatyaक्वत्यmfn. being where? [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 104]; [Pat.]
kvaṇanaक्वणनn. sounding, sound of any musical instrument, [L.]
m. a small earthen pot, [L.]
kvaṇitaक्वणितmfn. sounded, twanged (as a stringed instrument), [W.]
humming (as a bee), [Vikr.]
n. sound, twang, [Ragh.] & [Gīt.] (ifc.), [Bhaṭṭ.]
kvathanaक्वथनn. boiling by (in comp., agni-), [Suśr. i, 45, 4.]
kvathikāक्वथिकाf. a decoction made with milk, [Npr.]
kvathitāक्वथिताf. a decoction prepared with Curcuma, Asa foetida, and milk, [Bhpr.]
kvathitaक्वथितmfn. boiled, decocted, stewed, [Mn. vi, 20]; [Suśr.]; [BhP.] &c.
being hot, [Kathās. xc, 61]
digested, [W.]
n. a spirituous liquor, (prepared with honey), [Npr.]
kvadhasthaक्वधस्थaccord. to some read sadhastham.
kvatyakaक्वत्यकmf(ikA)n. id., [Vop. iv, 7.]
kvadhaḥsthaक्वधःस्थkv-adhaḥ-stha mfn. (fr. 2. ku), ‘standing below on the earth’, [KaṭhUp. i, 28] (a wrong reading).
kvajanmanक्वजन्मन्kva—janman mfn. where born? [MBh. i, 7114.]
kvanivāsaक्वनिवासkva—nivāsa mfn. where dwelling? [MBh. i, 190, 31.]
kvaṇitaveṇuक्वणितवेणुkvaṇita—veṇu mfn. one who has breathed the flute, [BhP. x, 21, 12.]
kvaṇitekṣaṇaक्वणितेक्षणm. a vulture, [Npr.]
kvathitadravaक्वथितद्रवkvathita—drava m. spirituous liquor, [Npr.]