Yāvant
Yāvant，（pron．rel．） [cp．Sk．yāvant； same formation as demonstr．pron．tāvant，of which the P．uses the adv．nt．tāva （t） form more frequently than the adj．tāvant．The only case so far ascertained where tāvant occurs as adj．is J．V，72 （see below）] 1．yāvant as adj．：as many （as） Dh．337 （hāvant’ettha samāgatā as many as are assembled here）； J．V，72 （yāvanto uda-bindūni ．．．tāvanto gaṇḍū jāyetha； C．on p．74 expls by yattakāni； yāvatā pl．as many as Pv．II，116； yāvanto Pv．II，716 （=yāvatakā PvA．103）； J．V，370 （detha vatthāni ．．．yavanto eva icchati as many as he wants）．-- 2．yāvat （nt．） used adverbially．The examples and meanings given here are really to be combined with those given under yāva2 （yāvad°）．It is hardly possible to dis‹-› tinguish clearly between the 2 categories； the t may well have been reduced to d or been replaced by another sandhi consonant．However，the specific Pāli use of yāva （like tāva） justifies a separate treatment of yāva in that form only．-- yāvat occurs only in combn with ca （where we may assume either a peculiar nt．form yāvaṁ：see yāva 2； or an assimilation of t to ñ before c．-- The form yāva mahantaṁ may originally have been a yāvaṁ m．） as yāvañ ca “and that，” “i．e．” how much，however much，so great S．I，149 （passa yāvañ ca te idaṁ aparaddhaṁ：see how great a mistake you have made in this）； It．91，92 （passa yāvañ ca ārakā & santike：see how far and near）．yāvañ c’idaṁ stands for yad-idaṁ （see ya° 4） in peculiar use of restriction at M．III，169； S．II，178； A．III，34．-- 3．The nt．form yāvat further occurs in foll．cpds．：°āyukaṁ （better as yāvat° than yāvatā°） as long as life lasts，for a lifetime Mhvs 3，41； VvA．196 （as adj．°āyukā dibba-sampatti）； PvA．66，73，133； °icchakaṁ as much as is desired，according to one’s wishes Pug．12，25； Vism．154 （here spelt yāvad-icchakaṁ）； °ihaṁ see under yāva （cpds．） -- Instr．yavatā：see sep．（Page 555）