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Pali
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
- (relative) when
c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, 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.”)