एवम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• এৱম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬯᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• এবম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰪𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀯𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဧဝမ် (Burmese script)
• એવમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਏਵਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌵𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦮꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂫𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಏವಮ್ (Kannada script)
• ឯវម៑ (Khmer script)
• ເອວມ຺ (Lao script)
• ഏവമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᠸᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘪𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠧᠸᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑧊𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐰𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଏଵମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢍꢮꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆮𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖪𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• එවම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑩾𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚦𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஏவம் (Tamil script)
• ఏవమ్ (Telugu script)
• เอวมฺ (Thai script)
• ཨེ་ཝ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒫𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨭𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A variant of एव (eva).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.ʋɐ́m/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ʋɐm/

Adverb

एवम् • (evám)

1. so; thus; in this way; in such a manner; such; as such

   एवं न्विदम् ॥ ― evaṃ nvidam . ― Now let it be so.

   एवं भवतु ― evaṃ bhavatu ― be it so (i.e. "I assent")

   एवं मया श्रुतम् ― evaṃ mayā śrutam ― thus I have heard, ...

   एवम् उक्त्वा ― evam uktvā ― having so said, ...

   किम् एवम् ― kim evam ― how so? (i.e. "what does it mean?")

   एवंनामन् ― evaṃnāman ― so-called

Usage notes

• In Vedic Sanskrit its place is taken by एव (evá).
• Frequently used with verbs expressing "to know", "to speak", "to hear", etc in Classical Sanskrit.
• Often used like an adjective:

  एवं ते वचने रतः ― evaṃ te vacane rataḥ ― rejoicing in such words of thine

• As a particle, it can imply assent, similar to English yes.
• Sometimes merely an expletive.

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “एवम्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “एवम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232/2.