cana
cana/ ind. ( ca na/ , SV. ) and not, also not, even not, not even (this particle is placed after the word to which it gives force; a preceding verb is accentuated [ Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57 ]; in Vedic language it is generally, but not always, found without any other neg. particle, whereas in the later language another neg. is usually added, e.g. A/paS cana/pra/ minanti vrata/M vAM , ‘not even the waters violate your ordinance’, RV. ii, 24, 12 ; nA/ ha vivyAca pfTivI/ canE/ naM , ‘the earth even does not contain him’, iii, 36, 4 ; in class. Sanskṛt it is only used after the interrogatives ka/ , katara/ , katama/ , kaTam , ka/d , kadA/ , kim , ku/tas , kva , making them indefinite), RV. ; AV. &c. also, RV. i, 139, 2 ; vi, 26, 7 ; viii, 78, 10.