कुतस् — {kútas} ind. (fr. 1. {ku}), from whom? (for the abl. case of 2. {ká}) RV. i, 164, 18 AV. viii, 9, 4##({kutaḥ kālāt}, since what time? VP.)##from where? whence? RV. &c##whereto? in which direction? BhP. viii, 19, 34##({ā kutas}, up to where? Pat.)##where? R. vii, 23, 3##wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because Lāṭy. &c. (often in dramas before verses giving the reason of what precedes)##how? in what manner? ChUp. &c##how much less? much less ChUp. MuṇḍUp. MBh. &c. In {a-kutas}, which occurs in comp., {kutas} has an indefinite sense (e.g. {a-kuto-mṛtyu}, not fearing death from any quarter BhP. iii, 17, 19##cf. {a-kutobhaya})##{kutas} is also indefinite when connected with the particles {api}, {cid}, {cana} (e.g. {kuto'pi}, from any quarter, from any cause Pañcat##{kuto'pi kāraṇāt}, from any cause Prab##{kutaś-cid}, from any one, from anywhere RV. KaṭhUp. &c. (cf. {akutaścid-bhaya})##{kutaś cana}, (with a negation preceding) from no side RV. TUp. &c##to no side R. v, 74, 21##{yataḥ kutaś-cid} from any person soever Comm. on KātyŚr.)
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