कुतस् [ kutas ] [ kútas ] ind. ( fr. 1. [ ku ] ) , from whom? ( for the abl. case of 2. [ ká ] ) Lit. RV. i , 164 , 18 Lit. AV. viii , 9 , 4

( [ kutaḥ kālāt ] , since what time? Lit. VP.)

from where? whence? Lit. RV.

whereto? in which direction? Lit. BhP. viii , 19 , 34

( [ ā kutas ] , up to where? Lit. Pat.)

where? Lit. R. vii , 23 , 3

wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because Lit. Lāṭy. (often in dramas before verses giving the reason of what precedes)

how? in what manner? Lit. ChUp.

how much less? much less Lit. ChUp. Lit. MuṇḍUp. Lit. MBh. In [ a-kutas ] , which occurs in comp. , [ kutas ] has an indefinite sense (e.g. [ a-kuto-mṛtyu ] , not fearing death from any quarter Lit. BhP. iii , 17 , 19 ; cf. [ a-kutobhaya ] )

[ kutas ] is also indefinite when connected with the particles [ api ] , [ cid ] , [ cana ] (e.g. [ kuto 'pi ] , from any quarter , from any cause Lit. Pañcat. ; [ kuto 'pi kāraṇāt ] , from any cause Lit. Prab. ; [ kutaś-cid ] , from any one , from anywhere Lit. RV. Lit. KaṭhUp. ( cf. [ akutaścid-bhaya ] ) ; [ kutaś cana ] , (with a negation preceding) from no side Lit. RV. Lit. TUp. ; to no side Lit. R. v , 74 , 21 ; [ yataḥ kutaś-cid ] from any person soever Comm. on Lit. KātyŚr.)