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कुत्र n. ind. (fr. 1.कु), where? whereto? in which case? when? [RV.] &c. wherefore? [Pañcat.] ; [Hit.] कुत्र-क्व , where (this) -where (that) i.e. how distant or how different is this from that, how little is this consistent with that? [BhP. vii, 9, 25.] कुत्र becomes indefinite when connected with the particles अपि, चिद्e.g. कुत्रा-पि, anywhere, somewhere, wherever, to any place, wheresoever, [Pañcat.] ; [MārkP.] कुत्रा चिद् ([[RV.] ]) or कुत्र चिद् ([[R.] &c.]), anywhere, somewhere, wheresoever न कुत्र चिद् , nowhere, to no place whatsoever, [MBh.] ; [Pañcat.] कस्मिंश्-चिद् = e.g. कुत्र चिद् अरण्ये, in a certain wood, [Pañcat.] कुत्र चिद्-कुत्र चिद् , in one case-in the other case, sometimes-sometimes, [Mn. ix, 34]
ROOTS: कुत्र चिद् कुत्र चिद् यत्र कुत्र चिद् , wherever it be, here or there Comm. on [KapS. i, 69.]
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