eka- mfn. ( √ [ i ] cf. Uṇ. iii , 43 , probably fr. a base [ e ] ; cf. Zd. [ ae-va ]; Gk. ? , ? ; Goth. [ ai-n-s ] ; 227 ,3 ] also Lat. [ aeqū-s ]; g. [ sarvādi ] cf. Pāṇ. 1-1 , 27; Gr. 200 ) , one ( [ ekopi ] , or [ ekaś-cana ] , with [ na ] preceding or following , no one , nobody; the words [ ekayā na ] or [ ekān na ] are used before decade numerals to lessen them by one , e. g. [ ekān na tṛṃśat ] , twentynine ) cf. RV. &c.;  ( with and without [ eva ] ) alone , solitary , single , happening only once , that one only ( frequently ifc.; cf. [ dharmāika-rakṣa ] , &c. ) cf. RV. &c.; the same , one and the same , identical cf. ŚBr. v cf. KātyŚr. cf. Mn. &c.; one of two or many ( [ eka ] - [ eka ] , [ eka ] - [ dvitῑya ] , the one - the other; esp. pl. [ eke ] , some , [ eke ] - [ apare ] some - others , &c. ) cf. ŚBr. cf. KātyŚr. cf. MBh. cf. Hit. &c.; ( [ eka ] repeated twice , either as a compound [ cf. [ ekāika ] ] or uncompounded , may have the sense ` one and one ' , ` one by one ' cf. RV. i , 20 , 7 ; 123 , 8 ; v , 52 , 17 cf. R. cf. BhP. &c. ); single of its kind , unique , singular , chief , pre-eminent , excellent cf. Ragh. cf. Kathās. cf. Kum. &c.; sincere , truthful cf. MW.; little , small cf. L.; ( sometimes used as an indefinite article ) , a , an cf. R. cf. Śak. cf. Vet. &c. ( the fem. of [ eka ] before a Taddhita suffix and as first member of a compound is [ eka ] not [ ekā ] cf. Pāṇ. 6-3 , 62 ); m. N. of a teacher cf. Āp.; of a son of Raya cf. BhP.; ( [ ā ] ) , f. N. of Durgā; ( [ am ] ) , n. unity , a unit ( ifc. ) cf. Hcat.