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.]