kadA ind. When, at what time; kadA gamizyasi-eza gacCAmi; kadA kaTayizyasi &c.; when connected with a following api it means ‘now and then’, ‘at times’, ‘sometimes’, ‘at some time’: na kadApi never; with a following cana it means ‘at some time’, ‘one day’, ‘at one time or another’, ‘once’; AnaMdaM brahmaRo vidvAnna biBeti kadAcana ; Ms. 2. 54 , 144 , 3. 25 , 101 ; with a following cit it means ‘at one time’, ‘once upon a time’, ‘at some time or other’; aTa kadAcit once upon a time; R. 2. 37 , 12. 21 ; nAkzEH krIqetkadAcittu Ms. 4. 74 , 65 , 169 ; kadAcit-kadAcit ‘now-now’; kadAcit kAnanaM jagAhe kadAcit kamalavanezu reme K. 58 et seq. [ cf. L. quando ].