adjective which one (of a certain number, usually of two) Ja.i.4; Pv-a.119 Often only emphatic for ko, e.g. Ja.i.298 (kataraṃ upaddavaṃ na kareyya), and used uninflected in compounds as katara-geha Ja.iii.9; ˚gandhaṃ Ja.vi.336; ˚divasaṃ Ja.ii.251; ˚nagarato (from what city) Dhp-a.i.390; ˚nāma (kataraṃnāma, adj.) (of what name) ibid
■ katarasmiṃ magge in which way, how? Ja.iv.110.

Vedic katara, interr. pron. with formation of num. ord., cp. Gr. πότερος, Lat. uter