evam
eva/m ind. ( fr. pronom. base e , BRD. ; probably connected with 1. eva/ ), thus, in this way, in such a manner, such, (it is not found in the oldest hymns of the Veda , where its place is taken by 1. eva/ , but occurs in later hymns and in the Brāhmaṇa s, especially in connection with √ vid , ‘to know’, and its derivatives [ e.g. ya evaM veda , he who knows so; cf. evaM-vi/d , col. 3]; in classical Sanskṛt evam occurs very frequently, especially in connection with the roots vac , ‘to speak’, and Sru , ‘to hear’, and refers to what precedes as well as to what follows [ e.g. evam uktvA , having so said ; evam evE tat , this is so; evam astu or evam Bavatu , be it so, I assent; asty evam , it is so; yady evam , if this be so; kim evam , how so? what is the meaning of it? what does this refer to? mE vam , not so! evam — yaTA or yaTA — evam , so — as], Mn. ; Śak. &c.