कम् [ kam ] [ kám ]1 ind. (Gk. 1) well ( opposed to [ a-kam ] , " ill " ) Lit. TS. Lit. ŚBr.

a particle placed after the word to which it belongs with an affirmative sense , " yes " , " well " (but this sense is generally so weak that Indian grammarians are perhaps right in enumerating [ kam ] among the expletives Lit. Nir. ; it is often found attached to a dat. case , giving to that case a stronger meaning , and is generally placed at the end of the Pāda , e.g. [ ájījana óṣadhīr bhójanāya kám ] , thou didst create the plants for actual food Lit. RV. v , 83 , 10) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. TS. v

[ kam ] is also used as an enclitic with the particles [ nu ] , [ su ] , and [ hi ] ( but is treated in the Pada-pāṭha as a separate word ; in this connection [ kam ] has no accent but once Lit. AV. vi , 110 , 1) Lit. RV. Lit. AV.

a particle of interrogation ( like [ kad ] and [ kim ] ) Lit. RV. x , 52 , 3

( sometimes , like [ kim ] and [ kad ] , at the beginning of compounds) marking the strange or unusual character of anything or expressing reproach Lit. L. ( 251,3 )

head Lit. L.

food Lit. Nir.

water Lit. Nir. Lit. Nigh.

happiness , bliss Lit. L.