nakhalu

nakhālu

khálu

(as a continuative particle) now, now then, now further RV. X, 34, 14 TS. etc.. ;
(as a particle in syllogistic speech) but now, = Lat. atqui TBr. ṠBr. etc.;
< khalu is only exceptionally found at the beginning of a phrase;
it is frequently combined with other particles, thus áthakh-, ukh-, vaíkh-, kh-vaí, = now then, now further TS. TBr. ṠBr. etc.;
in later Sanskṛit khalu frequently does little more than lay stress on the word by which it is preceded, andﾠ is sometimes merely expletive;
it is alsoﾠ a particle of prohibition (in which case it may be joined with the ind. p.
< khalukṛitvā, « desist from doing that» > Nir. I, 5 < alsoﾠ - tam> Pāṇ. 3-4, 18 Ṡiṡ. II, 70);
orﾠ of endearment, conciliation, andﾠ inquiry L. ;
nakhalu, by no means, not at all, indeed not R. etc.>
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