यदा

See also: यद्, यदि, and याद

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

yadā (Latin script)
𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi 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

यदा

(relative) when

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

যদা (Assamese script)
ᬬᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
যদা (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ယဒါ (Burmese 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)
යදා (Sinhalese 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)

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Hyo- + *-déh₂; compare कदा (kadā) (< *kʷodéh₂) and तदा (tadā) (< *todéh₂) for the suffix.

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ.dɑ́ː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ.d̪ɑː/

Adverb

यदा • (yadā́)

(relative) when
- c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 4.7:
  यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
  अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥
  yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata.
  abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham.
  Whenever there is a decline in Dharma and an increase in Adharma, O descendant of Bharata, at that time I manifest Myself.