keva (5179)

keva
Entry 5179, Page 192, Col. 2

<k1>keva<k2>keva keva¦ (in AMg. and other Pkt. in cpds. only; see keva-cira, keva-rūpa; and cf. kevaka, kevatika, kevat- taka), how many? KP 147.7 (prose) keva yuṣmākaṃ sabrahmacāriṇa(ḥ), how many are living the religious life with you? A theory of the origin of the word in Pischel 149; but more likely keva was formed as rime-word to eva- (= Skt. evam); note particularly keva-rūpa: eva(ṃ)rūpa.--In MPS 34.53 read (ke)vaṃ for ed. (kī)van (ms. vaṃ, after lacuna), how great? (prāsādaṃ).

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