adverb then, therefore now, esp. after interr. pron.: ko carahi jānāti who then knows? Snp.990; kathañ carahi jānemu how then shall we know? Snp.999; kiñ c. AN.v.194
■ Vin.i.36; Vin.ii.292; Snp.988; Ja.iii.312; Mil.25; DN-a.i.289.
Sk. tarhi; with change t → c due to analogy with ˚ci (˚cid) in combination with interr.