ind. how much less? much less etc. In a-kutas-, which occurs in compound , kutas- has an indefinite sense (exempli gratia, 'for example'a-kuto-mṛtyu-,not fearing death from any quarter ; seea-kutobhaya-)
ind.kutas- is also indefinite when connected with the particles api-, cid-, cana- (exempli gratia, 'for example'kuto 'pi-,from any quarter, from any cause ; kuto 'pi kāraṇāt-,from any cause ; kutaś-cid-,from any one, from anywhere etc.(seeakutaścid-bhaya-); kutaś cana-,(with a negation preceding) from no side etc.;to no side ; yataḥ kutaś-cid-from any person soever commentator or commentary on )
कुतस् ind. 1 From where, whence; कस्य त्वं वा कुत आयातः Moha M.3. -2 Where, where else, in what (other) place &c.; तार्तीयस्य कुतो गतिः Bhāg.8.19.34; ईदृग्विनोदः कुतः Ś.2.5. -3 Why, wherefore, from what cause or motive; कुत इदमुच्यते Ś.5. -4 How, in what manner; स्फुरति च बाहुः कुतः फलमिहास्य Ś.1.16. -5 Much more, much less; न त्वत्समोस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतो$न्यः Bg.11.43, 4.31; न मे स्तेनो जनपदे न कदर्यो ... न स्वैरी न स्वैरिणी कुतः Ch. Up. -6 Because, for; Ś.1. कुतस् is sometimes used merely for the abl. of किम्; कुतः कालात्समुत्पन्नम् V. P. (= कस्मात् कालात् &c.). कुतः becomes indefinite when connected with the particles चिद्, चन, or अपि. भयं कच्चिन्न चास्मासु कुतश्चिद्वि- द्यते महत् Rām.2.74.2.
ad.=ab. of ka, from which? from whom? whence? sts. whither? why? often in drama before a couplet confirming a previous remark=for; how? how much less, to say nothing of; kuto&zip;pi,(late) from some; kutas kid, id.; from somewhere: na --, from no where; na kutas-kana, id.; in no direction.
indeclinable from where? whence? (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
from whom? (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
how much less? much less (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
how? in what manner? (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
where? (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
whereto? in which direction? (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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