यदा

See also: यद्, यदि, and याद

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• yadā (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• যদা (Bengali script)
• යදා (Sinhalese script)
• ယဒါ or ယၻႃ (Burmese script)
• ยทา or ยะทา (Thai script)
• ᨿᨴᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍທາ or ຍະທາ or ຢະທາ (Lao script)
• យទា (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄘𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit यदा (yadā, “yadắ”)

Adverb

यदा

1. (relative) when

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• যদা (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
• যদা (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ယဒါ (Burmese script)
• યદા (Gujarati script)
• ਯਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಯದಾ (Kannada script)
• យទា (Khmer script)
• ຍທາ (Lao script)
• യദാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଯଦା (Odia script)
• ꢫꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
• යදා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
• யத³ா (Tamil script)
• యదా (Telugu script)
• ยทา (Thai script)
• ཡ་དཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Hyo- + *-déh₂; compare कदा (kadā) (< *kʷodéh₂) and तदा (tadā) (< *todéh₂) for the suffix.

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Adverb

यदा • (yadā́)

1. (relative) when
   • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     8. ප්‍රමාදමප්‍රමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතඃ
     ප්‍රඥාප්‍රසාදමාරුහ්‍ය ත්‍වශොකඃ ශොකිනීං ප්‍රජාම්
     පර්‍වතස‍්ථ ඉව භූමිෂ‍්ඨාන් ධීරො බාලානවෙක්‍ෂතෙ

     8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ
     Prajñāprasādamāruhya tvaśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām
     Parvatastha iva bhūmiṣṭhān dhīro bālānavekṣate

     8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.

     (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)