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Pali
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
- as, like
2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II), 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