indeclinable

1. to such an extent; so far; so….(sometimes written as a cpd)

2. so long as; as far as; esp. as correlative of yava(ṃ) (and yāvatā);

   1. yāva … tāva …; a as long as … so long …
   2. yāva na … tāva (na) …, as long as not, until … so long …
   3. na tāva …yāva na …, na tāva … yāva …, not … as long as (not), not … until …
   4. tāva … yāva (na) …, so long … as long as, until …
   5. with yāvakīvaṃ: so long.

3. at once, now; first; just; still, yet; indeed, truly; esp. with imperat.; na tāva not; frequently tāva-d-eva, at that time; just then; at once; yet.