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कुतस् n. ind. (fr. 1.कु), from whom? (for the case.">abl. case of 2.क॑), [RV. i, 164, 18] ; viii, 9, 4">[AV. viii, 9, 4] कुतः कालात् (, since what time? [VP.] ) from where? whence? [RV.] &c. whereto? in which direction? viii, 19, 34">[BhP. viii, 19, 34] आ कुतस् (, up to where? [Pat.] ) where? vii, 23, 3">[R. vii, 23, 3] wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because, [Lāṭy.] &c. (often in dramas before verses giving the reason of what precedes) how? in what manner? [ChUp.] &c. अ-कुतस् how much less? much less, [ChUp.] ; [MuṇḍUp.] ; [MBh.] &c. In , which occurs in comp. , कुतस् has an indefinite sense (e.g. अ-कुतो-मृत्यु, not fearing death from any quarter, iii, 17, 19">[BhP. iii, 17, 19] ; cf. अ-कुतोभय) कुतस् is also indefinite when connected with the particles अपि, चिद्, चन (e.g. कुतो ऽपि, from any quarter, from any cause, [Pañcat.] ; कुतो ऽपि कारणात्, from any cause, [Prab.] ; कुतश्-चिद्, from any one, from anywhere, [RV.] ; [KaṭhUp.] &c. (cf. अकुतश्चिद्-भय); कुतश् चन, (with a negation preceding) from no side, ---17--- ; ---18--- &c.; to no side, 74, 21">---19--- ; यतः कुतश्-चिद् from any person soever Comm. on KātyŚr.)
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