तावत् [ tāvat ] [ tā́vat ] m. f. n. ( fr. 2. [ ta ] Lit. Pāṇ. 5-2 , 39 ; vi , 3 , 91) so great , so large , so much , so far , so long , so many (correlative of [ yā́vat ] ; rarely of [ ya ] or [ yathokta ] Lit. Nal. ) Lit. RV. ( [ yāvatā kṣaṇena tāvatā ] , " after so long time , in that time " , as soon as Lit. Rājat. v , 110)

  just a little Lit. Kir. ii , 48

  (in alg.) an unknown quantity ( also with [ yāvat ] )

  [ tāvat ] ind. ( correlative of [ yā́vat ] ) so much , so greatly , to such an extent , in such a number , so far Lit. RV. Lit. AV. ( [ tā́vat-tāvat ] Lit. ŚBr. i , 8 , 1 , 6)

  so long , in that time Lit. RV. x , 88 , 19 Lit. ŚBr. i Lit. Mn.

  meanwhile , in the mean time (the correlative [ yāvat ] being often connected with a neg. e.g. [ tāvac chobhate mūrkho yāvat kiṃ-cin na bhāṣate ] , " so long a fool shines as long as he says nothing " Lit. Hit. ; [ śocayiṣyāmy ātmānaṃ tāvad yāvan me prāptam brāhmaṇyam ] , " so long I will emaciate myself , as long as ( i.e. until ) I have obtained the state of a Brāhman " Lit. R. i , 64 , 19) Lit. ŚBr. xiv , 4 , 2 , 30 Lit. ChUp. vi , 14 , 2 Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. (also correlative of [ purā ] ( Lit. R. i , 28 , 21 ) , of [ yāvatā na ] , of [ yāvat ] preceded by [ purā ] ( Lit. MBh. xiii , 4556 ) , or without any correlative ( Lit. 2727 Lit. Kathās. Lit. Hit. ) )

  at once , now , just , first ( followed by [ anantaram ] ( Lit. Hit. ) , [ aparam ] ( Lit. Pañcat. ) , [ api ] ( ib. ) , [ idānīm ] ( Lit. Hit. ) , [ uta ] ( Lit. Śak. ) , [ ca ] ( Lit. Daś. Lit. Prab. ) , [ tatas ] ( Lit. Mn. Lit. iv , 174 Lit. Ragh. vii , 4f. ) , [ tad-anu ] ( Lit. Megh. ) , [ tu ] ( Lit. Daś. vii Lit. Vedântas. ) , [ paścāt ] ( Lit. R. ii ) , [ punar ] ( Lit. Pañcat. ) , [ vā ] ; very often connected with an Impv. , rarely ( Lit. MBh. iv , 888 Lit. R. ii , 56 , 13 ) with a Pot. , often with the 1st person of pr. or fut. Lit. MBh. ; the Impv. is sometimes to be supplied ( [ itas tāvat ] , " just come hither " ; [ mā tāvat ] , " by no means , God forbid! " ) Lit. Śak. Lit. Mālav. Lit. Vikr. Lit. Prab. ; sometimes [ arhasi ] with the inf. is used instead Lit. R. i f.)

  ind. ( with [ na ] or [ a- ] ) not yet Lit. MBh. (followed by [ yāvat ] , " while " Lit. Kathās. xxvi , 23 ; [ tāvan na-api na ] , " not only not-but also not " Lit. Kād.)

  very well , all right Lit. Hcar.

  indeed , truly (e.g. [ dṛḍhas tāvad bandhaḥ ] , " the knot is tight I must admit " Lit. Hit. ; [ gatā tāvat ] , " she is indeed gone " Lit. Kathās. xviii , 241) Lit. R.

  already (opposed to " how much more " or " how much less " ) Lit. R. iv f. Lit. Śak.

  really (= [ eva ] , sometimes connected with this particle e.g. [ vikrayas tāvad eva saḥ ] , " it is really a sale " ) Lit. Mn. iii , 53 Lit. Hariv. 7110 Lit. R.

  [ tāvatā ] ind. instr. to that extent Lit. RPrāt. xiii , 13 Lit. BhP. v , viii

  in that time , in the mean time , meanwhile Lit. Daś. Lit. Kathās. x , 24 Lit. Bharaṭ.

  [ tāvati ] ind. loc so far Lit. ŚBr. viii , 6 , 2 , 8

  so long , in that time Lit. TS. ii , 4 ; ( ( cf. Lat. (tantus) . ) )