i-dā́nīm ind. now, at this moment, in this case, just, even (with gen. of ahan, e.g. idānīm ahnaḥ, this present day, ‘now-a-days’; idānīm eva, just now; immediately; idānīm api, in this case too; tata idānīm, thereupon, then), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Ait.]; [Ragh.]
(in rare cases it is an expletive, affecting but slightly the sense).