At The letter A . — ind. Ved. 1 Afterwards, then; generally used antithetically to yad, yadA, yadi and then sometimes strengthened by the particles aha, u, id &c. 2 Then, further, also, and ( apica ). 3 Sometimes it only strengthens the meaning of another word or gives emphasis to an interrogative pronoun like u, aMga, nu added to kiM (possibly, at all).