कस्मात्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

কস্মাত্ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬲ᭄ᬫᬵᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
কস্মাত্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰭𑰿𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ကသ္မာတ် (Burmese script)
કસ્માત્ (Gujarati script)
ਕਸ੍ਮਾਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦱ꧀ꦩꦴꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂮𑂹𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ (Kannada script)
កស្មាត៑ (Khmer script)
ກສ຺ມາຕ຺ (Lao script)
കസ്മാത് (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᠰ᠌ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘭𑘿𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᠰᠮᠠᢗᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧍𑧠𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐳𑑂𑐩𑐵𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
କସ୍ମାତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢒꢱ꣄ꢪꢵꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆱𑇀𑆩𑆳𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖭𑖿𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
කස‍්මාත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑪁 𑪙𑩴𑩛𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚨𑚶𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
கஸ்மாத் (Tamil script)
కస్మాత్ (Telugu script)
กสฺมาตฺ (Thai script)
ཀ་སྨཱ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒮𑓂𑒧𑒰𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨰𑩇𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́s.mɑːt/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐs̪.mɑːt̪/

Pronoun

कस्मात् • (kásmāt)

ablative singular masculine/neuter of किम् (kim)
where from? whence? why? wherefore?

Derived terms

अकस्मात् (akasmāt)

See also

Appendix:Sanskrit correlatives

References

Monier Williams (1899), “कस्मात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 266, column 2.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “kasmāt”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.