कुतस्

{ kutas }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कुतस्  n.  ind. ( fr. 1. कु), from whom? (for the abl. case of 2. क॑), [RV. i, 164, 18]; [AV. viii, 9, 4]
कुतः कालात्   (, since what time? [VP.])
from where? whence? [RV.] &c.
whereto? in which direction? [BhP. viii, 19, 34]
आ कुतस्   (, up to where? [Pat.])
where? [R. vii, 23, 3]
wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because, [Lāṭy.] &c. (often in dramas before verses giving the reason of what precedes)
how? in what manner? [ChUp.] &c.
अ-कुतस्   how much less? much less, [ChUp.]; [MuṇḍUp.]; [MBh.] &c. In , which occurs in comp., कुतस् has an indefinite sense ( e.g. अ-कुतो-मृत्यु, not fearing death from any quarter, [BhP. iii, 17, 19]; cf. अ-कुतोभय)

ROOTS:

अ कुतस्

कुतस्   is also indefinite when connected with the particles अपि, चिद्, चन ( e.g. कुतो ऽपि, from any quarter, from any cause, [Pañcat.]; कुतो ऽपि कारणात्, from any cause, [Prab.]; कुतश्-चिद्, from any one, from anywhere, [RV.]; [KaṭhUp.] &c. ( cf. अकुतश्चिद्-भय); कुतश् चन, (with a negation preceding) from no side, [RV.]; [TUp.] &c.; to no side, [R. v, 74, 21]; यतः कुतश्-चिद् from any person soever Comm. on KātyŚr.)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कुतस् [kutas]   ind.
From where, whence; कस्य त्वं वा कुत आयातः [Moha M.3.]
Where, where else, in what (other) place &c.; तार्तीयस्य कुतो गतिः [Bhāg.8.19.34;] ईदृग्विनोदः कुतः [Ś.2.5.]
Why, wherefore, from what cause or motive; कुत इदमुच्यते [Ś.5.]
How, in what manner; स्फुरति च बाहुः कुतः फलमिहास्य [Ś.1.16.]
Much more, much less; न त्वत्समोस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यः [Bg.11.43,] 4.31; न मे स्तेनो जनपदे न कदर्यो ... न स्वैरी न स्वैरिणी कुतः [Ch. Up.]
Because, for; [Ś.1.] कुतस् is sometimes used merely for the abl. of किम्; कुतः कालात्समुत्पन्नम् V. P. (= कस्मात् कालात् &c.). कुतः becomes indefinite when connected with the particles चिद्, चन, or अपि. भयं कच्चिन्न चास्मासु कुतश्चिद्वि- द्यते महत् [Rām.2.74.2.]

Shabda-Sagara

कुतस्   ind. Implying interrogation,
1. How, what.
2. How, in what way, how should it be thus, &c. implying denial or concealment of knowledge.
3. Whence. form what place.
E. कु for किम् what, and तसिल् aff.

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कु किम् तसिल्