The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Yath! (adv.) [fr. ya˚; Vedic yath!; cp. kath!, tath!] as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of). -- As prep.
(with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yath! k!ma' (already Vedic) according to his
desire, after his liking PvA 113, 136; y. k!la' in time, timely PvA 78; mati' to his own mind or intention
Pv iv.167; ruci' to his satisfaction, amply, satisfactorily PvA 88, 126, 242; vibhava' acc. to their wealth, i.
e. plentifully PvA 53; sukha' as they liked or pleased PvA 133. Sometimes with loc.: yath! padese
"according to place," in the right place J iii.391. Or instr.: y. sattiy! as much as you can DhA i.92; y.
manena from his heart, sincerely, voluntarily DhA i.42. -- Also with ger. yath! haritv! according to his
taking (or reward: see under cpd. ˚bhata) It 14 (y. h. nikkhipeyya, which Seidenstücker, not doing justice to
context translates "so wie man etwas nimmt und dann wegwirft"). With foll. adj. expressing something like
"as it were" and often untranslateable (see cpds.) -- As conjunction: "as if," or "so that": yath! mata like
dead Dh 21; yath! na "in order that not": Vism 31 (y. sar"re !b!dha' na upp!deti, eva' tassa vinodan'
attha'); DhA i.311 (y. assa patita&th!na' na pass!mi, tath! na' cha..ess!mi: so that I shall not see . . ., thus
shall I throw him). -- As adv. just, as, so, even; in combn with other particles: yath! katha' pana how so
then, how is it then that S ii.283 (cp. yath! tatha' under cpds.); yath! ki' viya somewhat like this Miln 91;
yath! pana like as DhA i.158; yatha -- r -- iva (for yath! -- iva) just as D i.90; yath! pi . . . eva' just as . . .
so Dh 51 -- 52. -- yatha -- yida' (for yath! -- ida') positive: "as just this," "so that," "e. g.," "like," "i. e.";
after negation "but" It 8, 9 (na añña' . . . yathayida'); Sn 1092 (tvañ ca me d"pam akkh!hi, yathayida' n'
âpara' siy! "so that there be no further ill"; cp. SnA 597). See also the enlarged forms seyyath! &
seyyath"da'. -- In correlation with tath!: the same . . . as, like . . . as, as . . . so; Pv i.123 (yath' !gato tath! --
gato as he has come so has he gone). Often elliptically in direct juxtaposition: yath! tath! in whatever way,
in such & such a manner; so and so, according to the occasion; also "correctly, truly, in reality" Sn 504
(tva' h' ettha j!n!si y. t. ida'); PvA 199 (y. t. vy!k!si). See yath!-tatha'
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under cpds. About phrase yath! ta' see yath!ta'. -- For further refs. on the use of yath! see Indexes to
Sa'yutta (S vi.81 s. v. yath!bh(ta'); Anguttara (A. vi.91 ibid.); Sutta -- Nip!ta (Index p. 751); &
Dhammapada. -- ânudhamma' according to the rules (leading to enlightenment) Sn 963, cp. Nd1 481. --
ânur(pa suitable, proper Mhvs 28, 42. -- ânusi&&ha' in accordance with what has been taught DhA i.158. --
âbhiranta' (adv. nt. of ppr.) to (their) heart's content, as much (or as long) as one likes Vin iii.145; Sn 53;
DhA i.385; VvA 181. -- !raddha [=!labdha] as much as was to be had, sufficient Vin iii.160. -- âraha' (nt.
adv.) as is fit or proper, seeming, fitful, appropriately, duly (cp. Cpd. 1111, 1182) S i.226; Sn 403; Pv
ii.923; PvA 78, 132 (yath! codana' v. l. SS), 287; VvA 139. So to be read at all Pv & PvA passages for T.
yath! raha'. Very freq. in Mhvs. e. g. 3, 27; 5, 148; 7, 70; 14, 54; 20, 8; 22, 58. -- âlankata dressed as he
was, in full (state -- ) dress DhA iii.79. -- âvajja' "as if to be blamed," i. e. (imitating) whatever is faulty,
mimicry of deformities (as a forbidden pastime) D i.7 (=k!*aku*i -- khañj' !d"na' ya' ya' vajja' ta' ta'
payojetv! dassana -- k")! DA i.86); Vin ii.10. -- icchita' according to one's wish, as he liked, after his
heart's content J i.27 (v. 188)=Bu ii.179; is preferably to be read as yad -- icchita' at all PvA passages, e. g.
PvA 3 (˚' dento), 110 (˚&h!na whichever place I like), 265 (where T. has yat˚). The ed. of Mhvs however
reads yath˚ throughout; e. g. 7, 22; 22, 50. -- odhi as far as the limit, final, utmost M i.37; J iii.302. --
odhika to (its or their) full extent, altogether, only in phrase yathodhik!ni k!m!ni Sn 60 (cp. Nd2 526); J
iii.381 (C. not quite to the point with expln "attano odhivasena &hit!ni," giving variant yatodhik!ni, with
expln "yato uparato odhi etesan ti yatodhik!ni uparata -- ko&&h!s!ni"); iv.487 (with better C. expln: "yena
yena odhin! thit!ni tena tena &hit!n' eva jahiss!mi, na kiñce avasiss!m" ti attho"); v.392 (C.: "yath!&hita --
ko&&has!ni"). -- kamma(') according to one's karma or action J i.57, 109; iv.1. Freq. in phrase yath! --
kamm -- ûpage satte (paj!n!ti) "(he recognises) the beings passing away (or undergoing future retribution)
acc. to their deeds" D i.82; M i.482; ii.21; iii.178; S ii.122; A iv.141, 178, 422; v.35; Sn 587; It 99; and
yath! -- kamm -- ûpaga -- ñ!*a "the knowledge of specific retribution" Vism 433 sq.; Tikp 321; VbhA 373
sq. (˚catuttha). -- k!ma' according to wish, at random (see above); ˚ -- kara*iya to be done or dealt with ad
lib., i. e. a victim, prey S ii.226; iv.91, 159; It 56. -- k!rin as he does It 122 (corresp. to tath!v!din). -- k!la'
according to time, in one time Mhvs 5, 180. -- kkama' acc. to order, in one order or succession Mhvs 4, 54;
Sdhp 269. -- c!rin virtuous (for the usual yatac!rin as indicated by C. expln yata k!y!d"hi sanyati: see
Brethren, p. 342!) Th 1, 981 (trsl. "Whoso according to his powers is virtuous"). -- &hita so -- being, such &
such, as they are, as they were J v.392; VvA 256. -- tatha' according to truth, true & real (corresponding to
yath! tath! adv.: see above) It 122 (here as nom. sg.: as he is in one respect, so in the other, i. e. perfect); Sn