The corpus record — Sanskrit
evam ind. ( fr. pronom. base e, BRD. ; probably connected with 1. eva), thus, in this way, in such a manner, such, (it is not found in the oldest hymns of the Veda , where its place is taken by 1. eva, but occurs in later hymns and in the Brāhmaṇa s, especially in connection with √ vid, ‘to know’, a
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1. eثَم
evam ind. ( fr. pronom. base e, BRD. ; probably connected with 1. eva), thus, in this way, in such a manner, such, (it is not found in the oldest hymns of the Veda , where its place is taken by 1. eva, but occurs in later hymns and in the Brāhmaṇa s, especially in connection with √ vid, ‘to know’, a
2. eثَم
(it is also often used like an adjective [ e.g. evaṃtevacanerataḥ, rejoicing in such words of thine; where evam = evaṃvidhe]), MBh. ; Śak. &c.
3. eثَم
according to lexicographers evam may imply likeness (so)
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