ka

• # the first, number one in an alphabetical register, Volume One in a series of books, alpha, the #.
  
  1. number + ka all # of them; gnyis ka both, sum ka all three
     
  2. primal, basic. the beginning, the root, abbr ka nas; syn gdod ma nas, ye nas
     
  3. primordial, primeval, original. syn ye
     
  4. pillar. See ka ba
     
  5. the very, just, namely; fx 'grongs ka at the very moment of death.
     
  6. the alphabet ; alphabetical register,
     
  7. abbr of ka dag, ka nas dag pa
     
  8. indeed, surely [RY]

[RY]

ka - 1) the first, number one in an alphabetical register, volume One in a series of books, alpha. 2) primal, basic. 3) primordial, primeval, original. 4) See {ka ba} pillar. 5) the very, just, namely; fx {'grongs ka} at the very moment of death. 6) the alphabet; 7) number + ka - all # of them./ the #. 8) indeed, surely [RY]

[JV]

one, pillar, all, the, the very, the beginning, the root, power, all the, indeed, surely, SA ka ba, symbol of origin of reality, infinitive particle [JV]

[IW]

alphabetical register, pillar, vol. KA (1, the 1st, alpha, primal, basic, primordial; KA; 1) Ming gzhi'i pho yig cig; 2) Rtags mtshungs 'dren skabs ga da ba sa ste rjes 'jug phos drangs pa'i ming gi cha shas shig ...Ga da ba sa ...Thog ka,...Dpyid ka,...Rgyal kha; 3) after numbers = all gnyis ka source, root [IW]