prAgeva
prāg eva (= Pali pageva; cf. Kunst, BSOS 10.983 f. ; in Skt. = formerly , and so sometimes in BHS , e.g. LV 235.18 ), in sense of Skt. kim u, kim uta, how much more (or less ), a fortiori , not to speak of … : SP 141.4 (taṃ śrotuṃ na samartho 'si prāg evānyaṃ vidūrataḥ); Mv iii.251.6 ; 356.11 ; 359.15 ; 360.11 ; LV 154.16, 20 ; 313.20 ; 314.18 ; 338.18 ; Laṅk 17.2 ; 244.14 ; 251.3 ; Divy 51.4 ; 90.25 ; 102.16 ; 108.17 ; 110.21 ; 185.10 ; 241.6 ; Av i.89.3 ; 248.3 ; Jm 33.14 ; 40.19, 23 ; Suv 7.1 ; 89.5 ; RP 56.19 ; Śikṣ 21.7 ; Kv 20.15, 22 ; 52.21 (note wrong paragraph division, showing editorial misunderstanding); Mmk 292.9 ; Gv 48.25 ; 160.4 ; 176.8 ; Bbh 3.11 ; Karmav 164.15 ; very common in most texts; occurs even in some texts the vocabulary of which is otherwise virtually standard Skt. , e.g. Buddhacarita iv.10, 81 ; xi.7 .