A. As an indefinite article before nouns singular, for the most part not expressed in Sanskrit; as,
‘a lion,’
सिंहः;(One)
एकः -का -कं. —
(Some, a certain)
कश्चित्; as,
‘a certain man,’
कश्चित् पुरुषः. —
(Each, every) expressed by
प्रति or
अनु,before the acc. neut.; as,
‘a day,’
‘each day,’
प्रतिदिनं or
अनुदिनं. When
‘a’ comes before a participle, after a verb of motion, it is expressed by the
dat. c.; as,
‘he went a hunting,’
मृगयायै गतः; or by
अर्थं preceded by the crude form of a noun; as,
मृगयार्थं गतः; or by the infinitive; as,
मृगयां कर्त्तुं गतः.
ROOTS:
एककाकंकश्चित्कश्चित्पुरुषप्रतिअनुप्रतिदिनंअनुदिनंमृगयायैगतअर्थंमृगयार्थंमृगयांकर्त्तुंगत