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226 INDECLINABLE WORDS [180why has the best, ivhij has the youngest come to us ?(i.161^).It is also a simple interrogative particle (equivalent to amark of interrogation) ; e. g.kim me havyam ahrnanojuseta tvotild he, free from anger, enjoy an ohlatlon of mine ?(vii. 86^) ;kim rajasa ena paro anyad asti is there anythingelse beyond the ivcUiin? (AV. v.ll'^).a. In B. kim is similarly used. With following u it here addsa climax in a second sentence = hoio much more (see u) ;with followingut^ and the optative it means ivluj after all e. ; g. kim utd tvareranwhy, after all, sho^(ld they hasten?(6B.).kila, an uncommon particle in V., meaning indeed,certainly, strongly emphasizes (in EV. and AV.) the precedingword (noun, pronoun, adjective, and the negative na) ; e. g.svadiis kila^ayam (vi. 47^) sweet, indeed, is this (Soma) ;tadttna satrum na kila vivitse then thou didst find no foe atall (i. 32*).a. In B. the use is similar; e.g. ksipriim kila^a strnuta (6b.)quickly, then, sjjread (the barhis). But here kila usually follows otherparticles, v&i or (ha) vavd, : esa v&i kila haviso yamah this, indeed, isthe course of the sacrifice (6b.) ; tava ha vava kila bhagava idam Sir,this belongs to you only (AB.\kuvid, a pronominal interrogative particle, introducessentences which, though apparently independent, are treatedas dependent, since the verb (except twice in the RV.) isregularly accented.This use seems to have arisen from theparticle's liaving been employed as an elliptical expression ofdoubt such as might be rendered by ' "I wonder (whether) ;e. g. tdm, indra, madam a gahi kuvin nv asya trpnavahcome, Indra, to this carouse (to see) whether you shall enjoy it(iii. 42^) kuvit; somasya apam iti have I, indeed, drunkSoma (x. 119^)= (I wonder) whether I have drunk Soma.a. In B. kuvfd is similarly used ;e. g. kuvin me putrfim dvadhitfias lie actually killed my son ? :(SB.) kuvit tuanim aste does he indeed sitsilent? (6b.).