adverb

1. on the one side (opp. on the other) Ja.iii.51; Ja.iv.141.
2. together Ja.ii.415; Ja.iii.57 (vasanto), Ja.iii.52 (sannipatanti) Ja.iii.391; Ja.iv.390; Dhp-a.i.18. ekato karoti to put together, to collect Vv-a.3. ekato hutvā “coming to one”, agreeing Dhp-a.i.102, cp. ekato ahesuṃ Ja.i.201.

abl. formation fr. eka, cp. Sk. ekataḥ