कथम्
कैसा, कैसे
how
कथम्
कैसे
how
कथम्
क्योंकर
fro what purpose, what for, how, by what means
कीदृशम्
किस तरह
how
कथम्
कैसे?, किस प्रकार?, कहां से?
how?, in what manner?, whence?
कथम् — कया रीत्या।; "अस्तित्वरहितस्य भगवतः ज्ञानं कथं जायते।" (adverb)
कथम् — {kathám} ind. (fr. 2. {ka}), how? in what manner? whence? (e.g. {katham etat}, how is that? {katham idānīm}, how now? what is now to be done? {katham mārâtmake tvayi viśvāsaḥ}, how can there be reliance on thee of murderous mind? {katham utsṛjya tvāṃ gaccheyam}, how can I go away deserting you? {katham buddhvā bhaviṣyati sā}, how will she be when she awakes? {katham mṛtyuḥ}, {prabhavati vedavidām}, whence is it that death has power over those that know the Veda? {katham avagamyate}, whence is it inferred?)##sometimes {katham} merely introduces an interrogation (e.g. {katham ātmānaṃ nivedayāmi kathaṃ vâtmâpahāraṃ karomi}, shall I declare myself or shall I withdraw?) {katham} is often found in connection with the particles {iva}, {nāma}, {nu}, {svid}, which appear to generalize the interrogation (how possibly? how indeed? &c.)##with {nu} it is sometimes = {kimu}, or {kutas} (e.g. {katkaṃ nu}, how much more! {na kathaṃ nu}, how much less!) {katham} is often connected, like {kim}, with the particles {cana}, {cid}, and {api}, which give an indefinite sense to the interrogative (e.g. {kathaṃ cana}, in any way, some how##scarcely, with difficulty##{na kathaṃ cana}, in no way at all##{kathaṃcit}, some how or other, by some means or other, in any way, with some difficulty, scarcely, in a moderate degree, a little##{na kathaṃcit}, not at all, in no way whatever##{na kathaṃcid na}, in no way not, i.e. most decidedly##{yathā kathaṃcit}, in any way whatsoever##{kathaṃcid yadi jīvati}, it is with difficulty that he lives##{katham api}, some how or other, with some difficulty, scarcely a little##{katham api na}, by no means, not at all) RV. &c##according to lexicographers {katham} is a particle implying amazement##surprise##pleasure##abuse
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