Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[किम्-डति] (always declined in the plural only; कति, कतिभिः etc.)

1. How many; कत्यग्नयः कति सूर्यासः Rv.1.88.18; एभिर्भूतैः स्मर कति कृताः स्वान्त ते विप्रलम्भाः Śānti.3.18;
2. Some. When followed by चित्, चन or अपि, कति loses its interrogative force and becomes indefinite in sense, meaning 'some', 'several', 'a few'; तन्वी स्थिता कतिचिदेव पदानि गत्वा Ś.2.12; कत्यपि वासराणि Amaru.25; तस्मिन्नद्रौ कतिचिदबलाविप्रयुक्तः स कामी नीत्वा मासान् Me.2.

1. (from 2. क declined in plural only, Gram. 227 अ; all the cases except the nominative case vocative case and accusative taking terminations, whereas the correlative इति has become fixed as an indeclinable adverb), how many? quot ? several (exempli gratia, 'for example' कति देवाः, how many gods? कति व्यापादयति कति वा ताडयति, some he kills and some he strikes). In the sense of "several", "some", कति is generally followed by चिद् or अपि (exempli gratia, 'for example' कतिचिद् अहानि, for several or some days)
2. it may be used as an adverb with चिद् in the sense of "oftentimes", "much", "in many ways" (exempli gratia, 'for example' कतिचित् स्तुतः, much or often praised) fg-veda etc.; ([confer, compare Zend caiti; Greek πόστος; Latin quot; confer, compare Sk. तति and Latin tot .])
3. (for 1. see a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) masculine gender Name of a sage (son of Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र and ancestor of Ka1tya1yana कात्यायन) Hariv.