කදාචන

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• কদাচন (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬤᬵᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
• কদাচন (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰟𑰯𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀤𑀸𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ကဒါစန (Burmese script)
• कदाचन (Devanagari script)
• કદાચન (Gujarati script)
• ਕਦਾਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌦𑌾𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦢꦴꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂠𑂰𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಕದಾಚನ (Kannada script)
• កទាចន (Khmer script)
• ກທາຈນ (Lao script)
• കദാചന (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘟𑘰𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢑᠠᢗᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦿𑧑𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐡𑐵𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
• କଦାଚନ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢣꢵꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆢𑆳𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖟𑖯𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
• 𑩜𑩭𑩛𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚛𑚭𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
• கத³ாசந (Tamil script)
• కదాచన (Telugu script)
• กทาจน (Thai script)
• ཀ་དཱ་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒠𑒰𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨛𑨊𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Adverb

කදාචන • (kadācana)

1. Alternative form of කදා චන (kadā cana)
   • (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.)