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कदा n. ind. (fr. 2.क), when? at what time? (with following fut. or pres. tense, [Pāṇ. 3-3, 5] ), [RV.] ; [MBh.] ; [Pañcat.] &c. at some time, one day, [RV. viii, 5, 22] how? [RV. vii, 29, 3] नु खलु with a following , when about ? [MBh. iii] च with a following and preceding यदा, whenever, as often as possible (e.g. यदा॑ कदा॑ च सुन॑वाम सो॑मम्, let us press out the सोम as often as may be or at all times, [RV. iii, 53, 4] ) चन with a following , never at any time, [RV.] ; [AV.] ; [TUp.] ; [Hit.] &c. (irr. also) at some time, one day, once, [MBh. xiii] ; [Kathās.] &c. न कदा , never, [RV. vi, 21, 3] ; [Subh.] न कदा चन , never at any time, [RV.] ; [AV. &c.] कदा चित् , at some time or other, sometimes, once न कदा चित् , never कदापि , sometimes, now and then न कदापि , never; कदा [cf. Zd. kadha; Gk. κότε and πότε; Lat. quando; Lith. kadá; Slav. kŭda.]
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