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kati

káti (fr. 2. ka declined in pl. only, [Gram. 227 a]; all the cases except the nom. voc. and acc. taking terminations, whereas the correlative iti has become fixed as an indeclinable adverb), how many? quot? several (e.g. kati devāḥ, how many gods? kati vyāpādayati kati vā tāḍayati, some he kills and some he strikes). In the sense of ‘several’, ‘some’, is generally followed by cid or api (e.g. katicid ahāni, for several or some days)

it may be used as an adverb with cid in the sense of ‘oftentimes’, ‘much’, ‘in many ways’ (e.g. katicit stutaḥ, much or often praised), [RV.] &c.;

[cf. Zd. caiti; Gk. πόστος; Lat. quot; cf. Sk. tati and Lat. tot.]

(for 1. See above) m. N. of a sage (son of Viśvā-mitra and ancestor of Kātyāyana), [Hariv.]