yadā

See also: yada, ya da, and yāda

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• यदा (Devanagari 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

yadā

1. (relative) 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.)