○vat ind. like the original or primitive element (the ādeśa or substituted form is said to be sthāni-vat when it is liable to all the rules which hold good for the primitive) Pāṇ. 1-1, 56

• [(-vat)-tva] n. the state of being like the original form or element Pāṇ. Sch

• (-vat) -sūtra-vicāra m. N. of wk

• (-vad) -bhāva m. (= -vat-tva) Pat