wherefore

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

यतस् 	-	  yatas 	-	 adverb 	-	 wherefore
इति 	-	  iti 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore
यदर्थम् 	-	  yadartham 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore
यदर्थे 	-	  yadarthe 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore
यन्निमित्तम् 	-	  yannimittam 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore
यत्कारणम् 	-	  yatkAraNam 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore
यत्कृते 	-	  yatkRte 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore
येन 	-	  yena 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore
कुत्र 	-	  kutra 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore?
किम् 	-	  kim 	-	 indecl.
  	-	 wherefore?
कस्मात् 	-	  kasmAt 	-	 indecl.
  	-	 wherefore?
किम् 	-	  kim 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore then?
किम् चिरेण ? 	-	  kim cireNa ? 	-	 expr. 	-	 wherefore delay?
अकस्मात् 	-	  akasmAt 	-	 ind.
  	-	  without a why or a wherefore
किम् 	-	  kim 	-	 ind.
  	-	  what? how? whence? wherefore? why?
किमर्थम् 	-	  kimartham 	-	 ind.
  	-	  from what motive? what for? wherefore? why?
कुतस् 	-	  kutas 	-	 ind.
  	-	 wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because

Monier Williams

English

 WHEREFORE,  adv.
  (For which reason) यतस्,  येन,  यत्,  यदर्थं,  तथात्वे.
— (For what reason?) किमर्थं,  किम्,  केन हेतुना,  कस्य हेतोः, 
किन्निमित्तं,  केन निमित्तेन.

Borooah

English

 WH EREFORE:
I Rel.: यदर्थम्।
II Interro.:
किमर्थम्: v.
  Why.

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