indeclinable
like
Iva (indeclinable) [Vedic iva and va] particle of comparison: like, as Dhp 1, 2, 7, 8, 287, 334; Ja I 295; Pj II 12 (= opamma-vacanaṃ). Elided to 'va, diæretic-metathetic form viya (q.v.). {123}
iva ind. ( fr. pronominal base 3. i ), like, in the same manner as (in this sense = yaTA , and used correlatively to taTA )
like, as; as if, as it were; (a) sometimes combined with a preceding vowel; b) sometimes separated from a preceding vowel by a sandhi consonant, in which case a preceding long vowel is sometimes shortened; before iva (c) a preceding -aṁ sometimes becomes -am or -amm; (e) occasionally perhaps represents eva; and (f) is sometimes written as eva,
【無】 象，如同。
iva ind. 1 Like, as (showing upamA or comparison); vAgarTAviva saMpfktO R. 1. 1 ; vEnateya iva vinatAnaMdanaH K. 5. 2 As if, as it were (denoting utprekzA ); paSyAmIva pitAkinaM Ś. 1. 6 ; liMpatIva tamoMgAni varzatIvAMjanaM naBaH Mk. 1. 34. 3 A little, somewhat, perhaps; kaqAra ivAyaM G. M. 4 (Added to interrogative words), ‘Possibly’, ‘I should like to know’, ‘indeed’; vinA sItAdevyA kimiva hi na duHKaM raGupateH U. 6. 30 ; ka iva of what sort, what-like; ka iva kAlaH Māl. 2 what a long time has elapsed. 5 iva is frequently used with adverbs, especially with such as involve restriction, by way of emphasis in the sense of even or just so, just, exactly, quite, indeed, very; muhUrtamiva but for a moment; kiMcidiva just a little bit; so Izadiva, nAcirAdiva &c.; ( iva is considered by grammarians as forming compounds with the word after which it stands; ivena nityasamAso viBaktyalopaSca ).
(ind, ind) like; as like, as