but the old form kad- is found in the veda- (See) ; ([ confer, compareZend ka,ko7,kA7,kat; Greek , (Ion.,) , ; Latin quis,quid; Lithuanian kas k/a-; Gothic hvas,hvo7,hva, Anglo-Saxon hwa1,hwaet; English who,what.]) The interrogative sentence introduced by ka- is often terminated by iti- (exempli gratia, 'for example'kasya sa putra iti kathyatām-,let it be said, "whose son is he?") , but iti- may be omitted and the sentence lose its direct interrogative character (exempli gratia, 'for example'kasya sa putro na jñāyate-,it is not known whose son he is) . ka- with or without 1. as- may express"how is it possible that?""what power have I, you, they, etc.?" (exempli gratia, 'for example'ke mama dhanvino'nye-,what can the other archers do against me? ke āvām paritrātum-,what power have we to rescue you?) ka- is often connected with a demonstrative pronoun (exempli gratia, 'for example'ko 'yam āyāti-,who comes here?) or with the potential (exempli gratia, 'for example'ko hariṃ nindet-,who will blame hari-?) ka- is sometimes repeated (exempli gratia, 'for example'kaḥ ko 'tra-,who is there? kān kān-,whom? whom? id est which of them? confer, compare Gram. 54) , and the repetition is often due to a kind of attraction (exempli gratia, 'for example'keṣāṃ kiṃ śāstram adhyayanīyam-,which book is to be read by whom? Gram. 836. a-). When kim- is connected with the inst. Calcutta edition of a noun or with the indecl. participle it may express"what is gained by doing so, etc.?" (equalsko'rthas-)
अनियत a. 1 Uncontrolled, unrestricted. -2 Indefinite, uncertain, not fixed; irregular (forms also); ˚वेलं आहारो$श्यते Ś.2 at irregular hours. -3 Causeless, casual, incidental, occasional; ˚रुदितस्मितम् (वदनकमलकम्) U.4.4; Māl.1.2. -Comp. -अङ्कः an indeterminate digit (in Math.) -आत्मन् a. not self-possessed, whose soul is not properly controlled. -पुंस्का a woman loose in conduct, unchaste. -वृत्ति a. 1 having no regular or fixed employment or application (as a word). -2 having no regular income.
संश्लिष्ट p. p. 1 Clasped or pressed together, joined, united. -2 Embraced. -3 Adjoining, lying close or contiguous to. -4 Furnished or endowed with, having. -5 Related, connected together; यथा छायापतौ नित्यं सुसंबद्धौ परस्परम् । एवं कर्म च कर्ता च संश्लिष्टावितरेतरम् ॥ Pt.2.127. -6 Confused, indeterminate. -ष्टः A kind of pavilion. -ष्टम् A heap, mass, multitude.
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