चन

Monier-Williams · cana
caná (ca ná ), ind. and not, also not, even not, not even (this particle is placed after the word to which it gives force ‖ a preceding verb is accentuated [ 8-1, 57] ‖ in Vedic language it is generally, but not always, found without any other neg. particle, whereas in the later language another neg. is usually added, e.g. āpaś canáprá minanti vratáṃ vāṃ, 'not even the waters violate your ordinance' ii, 24, 12 ‖ nâha vivyāca pṛthivii canâinaṃ, 'the earth even does not contain him', iii, 36, 4 ‖ in class. Sanskṛit it is only used after the interrogatives ká, katará, katamá, {kath