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Ca (indef. enchtic particle) [Vedic ca adv. to rel. pron.
•quo, idg. *qiie = Cr. rf, Lat. que, Goth. -h. Cp. ka,
ki,"ku] I. Indefinite (after demonstr. pron. in the sense
of kii) = what about .' or how is it ? cp. kii)) = ever, whoever,
what-ever, etc. [Sk. knsca, Gr. rti, rs, Lat. quisque,
Goth, hvauuh] so ca whoever (see below 3). tati ca pan'
amh&kat) ruccati tena c' amlia attamana M 1.93 ; yan
ca kho . . . ceteti yan ca pakappeti . . . whatever
he thinks, whatever he intends . . . S 11.65. As a rule
the Pali form corresp. to Sk. ka^ca is *kascid = kc>ci,
& ci (cid) is the regular P. representative of the indefinite
ca (cp. cana & api). — 2. Copulative or disjututive
according to the general context being positive or
negative, (a) copulative : and, then, now^ : tadS ca
now then, and then (in historical exposition) J 111.188.
Most frequent in connecting two or three words, usually
placed after the second, but also after the third : atthag
anatthafi ca Dh 256; pubbelparani ca Dh 352;
alag etehi ambehi jambuhi panasehi ca J ii.ibo. — In
the ^ame sense added to each link of the chain as ca-ca
(cp. Sk. ca-ca, Gr. r^ re, Lat. que que ; also mixed with
constituents of similar pairs as api-ca, cp. re-Koc)
tuyhafi ca tass5 ca to you and her (orig. this or what-
ever to you, whatever to her) = to you as well as to her
J 1. 151. Often with the first member emphasized by
eva : c' eva, as well as : hasi c' eva rodi ca he laughed
as well as cried J 1. 167 ; magsena c' eva phalaphalena ca
with flesh as well as with all kinds of fruit J 111.127;
iubhaddako c' eva supesalo ca J 111.82 ; c' eva apace
padiise pi ca waste and even defile ThA 72 (Ap v.40). —
(b) disjunctive : but (esp. after a negation) : yo ca but
who Th I, 401 ; yada ca but when (cp. tada ca) J 111.128.
In conditional clauses (cp. 3) comb'' with sace=but if.
on the other hand : sace agarar) ajjhavasati . . . sace
ca pabbajati agaru Sn io