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कदाचन (kadācana)

  1. Alternative form of कदा चन (kadā cana, kadắ caná)
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
      5. න හි වෛරෙණ වෛරාණී ශාම්‍යන‍්තීහ කදාචන
      ක්‍ෂාන‍්ත්‍යා වෛරාණී ශම්‍යන‍්ති එෂ ධර්‍මඃ සනාතනඃ.
      5. Na hi vaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyantīha kadācana.
      Kṣāntyā vairāṇi śāmyanti eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.
      5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
      Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This is an eternal truth.
      (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
      Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This truth is eternal.
      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)