यदा [ yadā ] [ yadā́ ] ind. ( fr. 3. [ ya ] ) when , at what time , whenever ( generally followed by the correlatives [ tadā ] , [ tatas ] , [ tarhi ] , in Veda also by [ ā́t ] , [ ā́d ī́t ] , [ átha ] , [ ádha ] and [ tád ] ) Lit. RV. ( [ yadā yadā ] , followed by [ tadā ] or [ tadā tadā ] , " as often as - so often " , " whenever " ; [ yadā ] - [ tadā ] id. , with repeated verbs e.g. Lit. Hit. i , 197 ; [ yadaiva-tadaiva ] , " when indeed - then indeed " Lit. Śak. [ yadā prabhṛti ] - [ tadā prabhṛti ] , " from whatever time - from that time forward " Lit. R. ; [ yadaiva khalu ] - [ tadā prabhrity eva ] , " as soon as - thence forward " Lit. Śak. ; [ yadā kadā́ ca ] , " as often as " , " whenever " Lit. RV. ; [ yadā kadā cit ] , " at any time " Lit. Kauś. ; [ yadā tadā ] , " always " Lit. Naish. ; the copula after [ yadā ] is often dropped , esp. after a participle , e.g. [ yadā kṣayaṃ gataṃ sarvam ] , " when all had gone to ruin " Lit. R. [ 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 " Lit. Hit.)