tathā

tathā ind. (tathā, correlative of yathā, Pāṇ. v, 3, 26 ; g. cA di , Kāś. & Gaṇar. ) in that manner, so, thus (the correlative standing in the preceding or in the subsequent clause, e.g. yathāpriyaṃ, taTA stu , ‘as is agreeable, so let it be’; taTA prayatnam AtizWed yaTA tmAnaM na pIqayet , ‘he should so make effort as that he may not injure himself’, Mn. vii, 68 ; tathātathāyathā, so much that, VP. iv ; also correlative of iva, Mn. iii, 181 ; R. i, 4, 12 ; of yena, Kathās. iii, 18 ; of yādṛśa, Mn. i, 42 ; used in forms of adjuration, e.g. yaTA ham anyaM na cintaye taTA yam patatAM kzudraH parA suH , ‘as surely as I do not think on any other man, so surely let this wretch fall dead’, Nal. xi, 36 ), RV. &c.

yes, so be it, so it shall be (particle of assent, agreement, or promise; generally followed by iti), AV. iii, 4, 5 ; ŚBr. ; AitBr. &c. ( taTe ty uktvA , having said ‘so be it’ or ‘yes’, Nal. &c.)

ta/˚TA pi even thus, even so, nevertheless, yet, still, notwithstanding (correlative of yadyapi [ R. iii, 3, 3 ; Dhūrtas. &c.], api [ Amar. ], apiyadi [ Prab. ], kāmam [ Śak. ], varam), MBh. &c.