යදා

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yadā (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• यदा (Devanagari script)
• যদা (Bengali 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)

Adverb

යදා

1. Sinhala script form of yadā (“when”)
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28
     පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
     පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.

     8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
     Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
     Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.

     8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free 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, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free 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.)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• যদা (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
• যদা (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ယဒါ (Burmese script)
• यदा (Devanagari 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)
• 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)

Adverb

යදා • (yadā́)

1. Sinhalese script form of यदा (“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^[2], 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.)