संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

यदा

जब

when

संस्कृत — हिन्दी

यदा — क्रमम् अनु।; "यदा परीक्षायाः समयः आगतः तदा भीतिः वृद्धिं गता।" (adverb)

यदा — यस्मिन् काले।; "यदा सः आगच्छति यदा अहं गच्छामि।" (adverb)

Monier–Williams

यदा — {yadā} ind. (fr. 3. {ya}) when, at what time, whenever (generally followed by the correlatives {tadā}, {tatas}, {tarhi}, in Veda also by {āt}, {ād īt}, {átha}, {ádha} and {tád}) &c. &c. ({yadā yadā}, followed by {tadā} or {tadā tadā}, 'as often as - so often', 'whenever'##{yadā} - {tadā} id., with repeated verbs, e.g. i, 197##{yadâiva-tadâiva}, 'when indeed - then indeed' {yadā prabhṛti} - {tadā prabhṛti}, 'from whatever time - from that time forward'##{yadâiva khalu} - {tadā prabhrity eva}, 'as soon as - thence forward'##{yadā kadā ca}, 'as often as', 'whenever'##{yadā kadā cit}, 'at any time'##{yadā tadā}, 'always'##the copula after {yadā} is often dropped, esp. after a participle, e.g. {yadā kṣayaṃ gataṃ sarvam}, 'when all had gone to ruin' {yadā} is sometimes joined with other relatives used indefinitely, e.g. {yo'tti yasya yadā māṃsam}, 'when any one eats the flesh of any one' )

यदा — {yadā} p. 844, col. 1