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तदा n. ind. ( [Pāṇ. 5-3, 15 and 19 ff.] ) at that time, then, in that case (often used redundantly, esp. after ततस् or पुरा or before अथ, [MBh.] &c.; correlative of य॑द् [ [AV. xi, 4, 4] ], यत्र [ [ChUp. vi, 8, 1] ], यदा [ [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.], यदि [ [Gīt.] ; [Vet.] ; [Hit.] ], यर्हि [ [BhP. i, 18, 6] ], यतस्, ‘since’, [ [MBh. xiii, 2231] ], चे-द् [ [Śak. v] ( v.l. ), [Kathās. xi] ; [Śrut.] ]) त°दा-तदा then and then, [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 25, 8] त°दा-प्रभृति from that time forward, (correlative of यदाप्र्°, [R. iii, 17, 21] ; of यदा, [Śak. vi, 4/5] ), [R.] ; [Ragh. ii, 38] ; [Kathās. ii, 62] तर्हि तदा (correlative of यदि) then, [Vet. iv, 24/25] यदा — तदा (both repeated or the verb being repeated), at any time when — then, [Hit.] यदा-तदा at any time whatsoever, always, [MBh. i, 6373] ; [Naiṣ. viii, 39.]
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