indeclinable part. of comparison: like, as Dhp.1, Dhp.2, Dhp.7, Dhp.8, Dhp.287, Dhp.334; Ja.i.295; Snp-a.12 (opamma-vacanaṃ). Elided to ’va, diaeretic-metathetic form viya (q.v.).

Vedic iva & va