keva (in AMg. and other Pkt. in cpds. only; see keva-cira, keva-rūpa ; and cf. kevaka, kevatika, kevattaka ), how many? KP 147.7 (prose) keva yuṣmākaṃ sabrahmacāriṇa(ḥ), how many are living the religious life with you? A theory of the origin of the word in Pischel 149 ; but more likely keva was formed as rime-word to eva- (= Skt. evam); note particularly keva-rūpa : eva(ṃ)rūpa. —In MPS 34.53 read (ke)vaṃ for ed. (kī)van ( ms. vaṃ, after lacuna), how great? (prāsādaṃ).