क्व [ kva ] [ kvá ] ind. ( fr. 1. [ ku ] Lit. Pāṇ. 5-3 , 12 ; 5-2 , 105) loc. of 2. [ ká ] = [ kasmin ] , or [ katarasmin ] Lit. Mn. x , 66 ( [ kva śreyas-tvam ] , in whom is the preference?) Lit. Kathās. lxxxiii , 36

where? in what place? whither? Lit. RV. ( sometimes connected with particles [áha ] , [ í d ] , [ iva ] , [ sví d ] )

( connected with [ nu ] ) Lit. Nal. Lit. Mālav.

( with [ nu khalu ] ) Lit. Śak.

( with √ [ bhū ] , [ √ as ] ) how is it with? what has become of? i.e. it is done with Lit. RV. i , 161 , 4 ; vii , 88 , 5 Lit. AV. x , 8 , 7 Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Pāṇ. 3-1 , 12 Vārtt. 1 Lit. Pat.

( with [ gata ] ) how is it with? Lit. Nal. Lit. Daś. ( [ kva gatas tava mayy anurāgaḥ ] , what has become of your affection for me ?)

or [ kva ] alone may have the same meaning (e. g. [ kva sukham ] , where is happiness? i.e. there is no such thing as happiness , Lit. Śāntiś.) Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Naish. i , 20

(after a negative phrase) how much less? Lit. R. i , 67 , 10

[ kva ] - [ kva ] or [ kutra-kva ] (implying excessive incongruity) where is this? where is that? how distant is this from that? how little does this agree with that?(e.g. [ kva sūrya-prabhavo vaṃśaḥ kva cālpa-viṣayā matiḥ ] , how can my limited intellect describe the solar race? Lit. Ragh. i , 2) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

[ kvāpi ] , anywhere , somewhere , to some place , in a certain place Lit. Nal. Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Kathās.

sometimes Lit. Sāh. Lit. Hit.

[ na kva ca ] , nowhere , never Lit. BhP. iv , 29 , 64

[ na kva cana ] , nowhere Lit. MBh. xiv , 560

[ kva cid ] = [ kasminiś-cid ] Lit. Pañcat.

anywhere , somewhere , to any place , in a certain place Lit. Mn. Lit. R. Lit. Śak.

in a certain case , at some time , once upon a time Lit. Nal. Lit. Pañcat.

sometimes Comm.

[ kvacid-kvacid ] , here - there , here and there , in various places Lit. MBh. i

now - then , now and then Lit. R. iii , 50 , 7 Lit. Bhartṛ. i , 4

[ na kvacid ] , nowhere , never , by no means Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Nal.

[ kvacid api na ] id. Lit. Megh.

[ yatra kvāpi ] , wherever , in whatsoever place Lit. Bhartṛ. iii , 91

[ yátra kvá-ca ] id. Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ChUp. Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. BhP.

[ yatra kva-cana ] , in or to whatsoever place

in any case or matter whatever Lit. Mn. ix , 233

whenever Lit. BhP. v , 21 , 9

[ yatra kva vātha ] - [ tatra tatrāpi ] , wherever-there Lit. BhP. i , 17 , 36.