Saturday, May 11, 2019

Eva | "thus"

Eva

Eva (IAST)
Translation: "thus"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verses 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12)

A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Monier-Williams)
Sanskrit: एव
Transliteration: Eva
Translation: "so, just so, exactly so (in the sense of the later evam)"
Sanskrit: एवं
Transliteration: Evaṃ
Translation: "thus, in this way, in such a manner, such"

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: एव
Transliteration: Eva
Translation: "only; in fact; without limitation"

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: एव
Transliteration: Eva
Translation: "verily, alone, thus"


References:
  1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
  3. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math