Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

From a tas-ablative form of कु (ku, a pronominal base implying deterioration, want).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

कुतस् (kutas)

  1. from whom?
  2. since what time
  3. from where? whence?
  4. whereto? in which direction
  5. where?
  6. wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because
  7. how? in what manner?
  8. how much less? much less

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कुतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 290/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 364