yathā

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀬𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• यथा (Devanagari script)
• যথা (Bengali script)
• යථා (Sinhalese script)
• ယထာ or ယထႃ (Burmese script)
• ยถา or ยะถา (Thai script)
• ᨿᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍຖາ or ຍະຖາ or ຢະຖາ (Lao script)
• យថា (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit यथा (yathā).

Adverb

yathā

1. as, like
   • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[1], page 558:

     පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
     මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
     නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.

     Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
     mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
     no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.

     Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

Usage notes

This is a relative adverb. It is commonly used with correlative tathā, in which case tathā...'yathā' may be translated "in the manner...that".

Derived terms

• taṃyathā