412*.

Many times the particle kim may be compared to Latin num, as it makes a negative answer to be expected. Kathâs. 28, 71 nirāsthenāpi kiṃ tyaktaṃ viśvāmitreṇa jīvitaṃ / menakāyāṃ prayātāyāṃ prasūyaiva śakuntalām (Lat. num Viçv. vita excessit —?), Mudr. I, p. 27 kiṃ bhavān asmadupādhyāyād api (are you even more learned than our teacher?).

412*.

不変化辞kimは、それが否定的な答えを期待するので、よくラテン語のnumと比較される。
Kathâs. 28, 71 nirāsthenāpi kiṃ tyaktaṃ viśvāmitreṇa jīvitaṃ / menakāyāṃ prayātāyāṃ prasūyaiva śakuntalām (Lat. num Viçv. vita excessit —?)
Mudr. I, p. 27 kiṃ bhavān asmadupādhyāyād api (are you even more learned than our teacher?)