tá-thā ind. (tá-thā, correlative of yá-thā, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 26]; g. cādi, [Kāś.] & [Gaṇar.]) in that manner, so, thus (the correlative standing in the preceding or in the subsequent clause, e.g. yathā priyaṃ, tathāstu, ‘as is agreeable, so let it be’; tathā prayatnam ātiṣṭhed yathātmānaṃ na pīḍayet, ‘he should so make effort as that he may not injure himself’, [Mn. vii, 68]; tathā tathā-yathā, 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. yathāham anyaṃ na cintaye tathāyam patatāṃ kṣudraḥ parāsuḥ, ‘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. (tathety uktvā, having said ‘so be it’ or ‘yes’, [Nal.] &c.)
so also, in like manner (e.g. sukhaṃ seved duḥkhaṃ tathā, ‘let him make use of prosperity and also adversity’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
= tathā hi, [Nal. xix, 25]
tá°thā ca and likewise, accordingly (introducing quotations), [Mn. ix, 19] and [45]; [Dhūrtas.]; [Hit.]
tá°thāpi even thus, even so, nevertheless, yet, still, notwithstanding (correlative of yady api [[R. iii, 3, 3]; [Dhūrtas.] &c.], api [[Amar.]], api yadi [[Prab.]], kāmam [[Śak.]], varam), [MBh.] &c.
tathāpi tu id., [Śak.]
tá°thā hi (g. svar-ādi) for so, for thus (it has been said), for instance, [Ragh.]; [Śak.] &c.
tá°thaiva exactly so, in like manner, [Mn.] &c.
tá°thaiva (with ca or api following) likewise, [Mn.] &c.
atho tathā id., [ib.]
yathā tathā in whatever way, in any way, by all means, [iv, 17]; [MBh. i, 45, 17]; [vii, 6332]; [Nal.]; [Naiṣ. ix, 29]
yathā yathā — tathā tathā in whatever manner or degree-in that manner or degree the more-the more, [Mn.]; [MBh.] ([Nal. viii, 14]), [VarBṛS. xi]; [Vet.]
yathā yathā — tathā tathā cf. yathā-tatham, a- and vi-tatha.