एवम् [ēvam] ind.
Thus, so, in this manner or way; (referring to what precedes as well as to what follows); अस्त्येवम् Pt. 1 it is so; एवंवादिनि देवर्षौ
[Ku.6.84;] ब्रूया एवम्
[Me.13] (what follows); एवमस्तु be it so, amen; यद्येवम् so; ।कमेवम् why so; मैवम्, मा मैवम् oh, not so, (do not do so) एवम् has sometimes an adjectival force; एवं वचनम् such words.
Yes, quite so (implying assent); सीता-अहो जाने तस्मिन्नेव काले वर्ते । राम- एवम्
[U.1;] एवं यदात्थ भगवन्
[Ku.2.31.] It is also said to have the senses of.
likeness.
sameness of manner;
affirmation or determination;
command; or it is often used merely as an expletive. (In the Vedas एवम् occurs very rarely; its place being usually taken up by एव).-Comp.
-अवस्थ a. a. so situated or circumstanced.-आदि,
-आद्य a. a. of such qualities or kind, such and the like; एवमादिभिः
[Ś.5;] [Ku.5.29.] -कान्तम् A column connected with one, two or three minor pillars and having a lotus-shaped base; एकोपपादसंयुक्तं द्वित्र्युपपादेन संयुतम् । एवंकान्तमिति प्रोक्तं मूले पद्मासनान्वितम् ॥
[Mānasāra 15.242-3.] -कारम् ind. in this manner.
-काल a. a. containing so many syllabic instants.
-क्रतु a. a. Ved. thus minded.
-गत a. a. being in this condition or so circumstanced; एवं गते under these circumstances.
-गुण a. a. possessing such virtues; पुत्रमेवंगुणोपेतं चक्रवर्तिनमाप्नुहि
[Ś.1.12.] -नामन् a. a. so called, bearing this name.
-प्रकार, -प्राय a. a. of such a kind; वयमपि न खल्वेवंप्रायाः क्रतुप्रतिघातिनः
[U.5.29;] [Ś.7.24.] -भत a. a. of such quality or description, so, such.
-रूप a. a. of such a kind or form.
-वादः such an expression. एवंवादिनि देवर्षौ पार्श्वे पितुरधोमुखी
[K.] -विद्, -विद्वस् a. a. knowing so or such, well-informed. -विधa. of such a kind, such.
-वीर्य a. a. possessing such a power.
-वृत्त, -वृत्ति a. a. behaving such; of such a kind.