tAvat a. (Correlative of yAvat q. v. ) 1 So much, that much, so many; te tu yAvaMta evAjO tAvAMSca dadfSe sa tEH R. 12. 45 ; H. 4. 72 ; Ku. 2. 33. 2 So great, so large, of this extent; yAvatI saMBaved vfttistAvatIM dAtumarhasi Ms. 8. 155 , 9. 249 ; Bg. 2. 46. 3 All (expressing totality); yAvaddattaM tAvadBuktaM G. M. — ind. 1 First (before doing anything else); Arye itastAvadAgamyatAM Ś. 1 ; AhlAdayasva tAvaccaMdrakaraScaMdrakAMtamiva V. 5. 11 ; Me. 13. 2 On one's part, in the meanwhile; saKe sTirapratibaMDo Bava . ahaM tAvat svAminaScittavfttimanuvartizye Ś. 2 ; R. 7. 32. 3 Just, now; gacCa tAvat . 4 Indeed, (to ( pb ) emphasize an expression); tvameva tAvatpraTamo rAjadrohI Mu. 1 ‘thou thyself’; tvameva tAvatpariciMtaya svayaM Ku. 5. 67. 5 Truly, really (to express assent); dfQastAvadbaMDaH H. 1. 6 As for, with respect to; vigrahastAvadupasTitaH H. 3 ; evaM kfte tava tAvatkleSaM vinA prARayAtrA Bavizyati Pt. 1. 7 Completely; tAvatprakIrRABinavopacArAM R. 7. 4 ( tAvatprakIrRa = sAkalyena prasArita Malli. ). 8 Surprise (oh!, what a wonder). (For the senses of tAvat as a correlative of yAvat , see yAvat ). Comp. — kftvas ind. so many times. — mAtraM just so much. — varza a. so many years old.