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[Compare किमिदंभ्यां वो घः ParasmaipadaV.2.4] (Nominative Singular कियान् Masculine, कियती Feminine, कियत् Neuter)

1. How great, how far, how much, how many, of what extent of qualities (having an interrogative force); कियान्कालस्तवैवं स्थितस्य संजातः Pt.5; Name1.13; अयं भूतावासो विमृश कियतीं याति न दशाम् Śānti.1.25; ज्ञास्यसि कियद्भुजो मे रक्षति Ś.1.13; कियदवशिष्टं रजन्याः Ś.4; गन्तव्यमस्ति कियदित्यसकृद् ब्रुवाणा S. D.
2. Of what consideration, id est, that is of no account, worthless; राजेति कियती मात्रा Pt.1.4.; मातः कियन्तोऽरयः Ve.5.9.
3. Some, a little; a small number, a few (having an indefinite force); निजहृदि विकसन्तः सन्ति सन्तः कियन्तः Bh.2.78; त्वदभिसरणरभसेन वलन्ती पतति पदानि कियन्ति चलन्ती Gīt.6.

1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from 1. कि Pa1n2. 5-2, 40; vi, 3, 90), how great? how large? how far? how much? of what extent? of what qualities? fg-veda AV. etc. (Vedic or Veda locative case क्/इयाति with following /आ, how long ago? since what time? fg-veda i, 113, 10; ii, 30, 1; कियत्य् अध्वनि, at what distance? how far off? MBh. xiv, 766; कियद् एतद्, of what importance is this to (genitive case) Katha1s. iii, 49; तेन कियान् अर्थह्, what profit arises from that? BhP.; कियच् चिरम् indeclinable how long? Katha1s.; कियच् चिरेण, in how long a time? how soon? S3ak.; कियद् दूरे, how far? Pan5cat. lii, 4; कियद् रोदिमि, what is the use of my weeping? Ka1d.; कियद् असुभिस्, what is the use of living? BhP. i, 13, 22)
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective little, small, unimportant, of small value (often in compound, exempli gratia, 'for example' कियद्-वक्र, a little bent commentator or commentary on Ya1jn5.; कियद् अपि, how large or how far soever Pan5cat.; य्/आवत् क्/इयच् च, how large or how much soever, of what qualities soever AV. viii, 7, 13 S3Br.)
3. indeclinable how far? how much? how? fg-veda AV. S3Br.
4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a little Pan5cat. Hit.