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.]