yadi | यदि | yadi
ya/di | य/दि | ind. (in Veda also ya/dī | य/दी |, sometimes yadi cit | यदि चित् |, yadi ha vE | यदि ह व्E |, ya/dī/t | य/दी/त् |, ya/dy u | य/द्य् उ |, yady u vE | यद्य् उ व्E |) if, in case that, RV. &c. &c. In the earlier language yadi | यदि | may be joined with Indic. Subj. or Leṭ Pot., or Fut., the consequent clause of the conditional sentence being generally without any particle. In the later language yadi | यदि | may be joined with Pres. (followed in cons˚ cl˚ by another Pres., e.g. yadi jīvati Badrāṛi paṣyati | यदि जीवति Bअद्राऋइ पष्यति |, ‘if he lives he beholds prosperity’, or by fut. or by Impv. or by Pot. or by no verb) ; or it may be joined with Pot. (e.g. yadi rājā daṛqaṃ na praṛayet | यदि राजा दऋक़ं न प्रऋअयेत् |, ‘if the king were not to inflict punishment’, followed by another Pot. or by Cond. or by Pres. or by Impv. or by fut. or by no verb); or it may be joined with fut. (e.g. yadi na kariśyanti tat | यदि न करिश्यन्ति तत् |, ‘if they will not do that’, followed by another fut. or by Pres. or by Impv. or by no verb); or it may be joined with Cond. (e.g. yady anujẏām adāsyat | यद्य् अनुज्य़ाम् अदास्यत् |, ‘if he should give permission’, followed by another Cond. or by Pot. or by aor.); or it may be joined with aor. (e.g. yadi prajā-patir na vapur arsrākśīt | यदि प्रजा-पतिर् न वपुर् अर्स्राक्शीत् |, ‘if the Creator had not created the body’, followed by Cond. or by Pot. or by pf.); or it may be joined with Impv. or even with pf. (e.g. yady āha | यद्य् आह |, ‘if he had said’). There may be other constructions, and in the consequent clauses some one of the following may be used: aṭa | अट |, atra | अत्र |, tad | तद् |, tena | तेन |, tatas | ततस् |, tataḥ param | ततः परम् |, tadā | तदा |, tarhi | तर्हि |, tadānīm | तदानीम् |. Observe that yadi | यदि | may sometimes = ‘as sure as’ (esp. in asseverations, followed by Impv. with or without taṭā | तटा | or tena | तेन | or followed by Pot. with tad | तद् |), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; or it may = ‘whether’ (followed by Pres. or Pot. or no verb, e.g. yadi-na vā | यदि-न वा |, ‘whether-or not’, and sometimes kim | किम् | is added), ib.; or it may = ‘that’ (after verbs of ‘not believing’ or ‘doubting’, with Pres. or Pot., e.g. nāṣaṃse yadi jīvanti | नाषंसे यदि जीवन्ति |, ‘I do not expect that they are alive’, cf. Pāṇ. iii, 3, 147, Sch.); or if placed after duśkaraṃ | दुश्करं | or kaṭaṃ cid | कटं चिद् | it may = ‘hardly’, ‘scarcely’, MBh.; R.; or it may = ‘if perchance’, ‘perhaps’ (with Pot. with or without iti | इति |, or with fut. or pres.), MBh.; Kāv. &c. The following are other combinations: yadi tāvat | यदि तावत् |, ‘how would it be if’ (with Pres. or Impv.)
yadi nāma | यदि नाम |, ‘if ever’
yadi cet | यदि चेत् | (cet | चेत् | being added redundantly) = ‘if’ (e.g. yadi cet syāt | यदि चेत् स्यात् |, ‘if it should be’)
purā yadi | पुरा यदि | = ‘before’ (e.g. purā yadi paṣyāmi | पुरा यदि पष्यामि |, ‘before that I see’)
ya/dy a/pi | य/द्य् अ/पि | (rarely api yadi | अपि यदि |), ‘even if’, ‘although’ (followed by taṭāpi | तटापि | or tad api | तद् अपि | or sometimes by no particle in the correlative clause)
yadi | यदि | — yadi ca-yady api | यदि च-यद्य् अपि |, ‘if — and if — if also’
ya/di | य/दि | — ya/di-vā | य/दि-वा |, or ya/di vā | य/दि वा | — ya/di vā | य/दि वा |, or ya/di vā | य/दि वा | — ya/di | य/दि |, or yadi vā | यदि वा | — vā | वा |, or vā | वा | — yadi vā | यदि वा |, or yad vā | यद् वा | — yadi vā | यदि वा |, ‘if — or if’, ‘whether — or’
ya/di vā | य/दि वा | — na/ vā | न/ वा |, ‘whether — or not’
vā | वा | — yadi vā | यदि वा | — yadi vā-taṭāpi | यदि वा-तटापि |, ‘whether — or — or — yet’
vā yadi | वा यदि | = ‘or if’, ‘or rather’
yadi vā | यदि वा | id. or = ‘yet’, ‘however’.
yadi nāma | यदि नाम |, ‘if ever’
yadi cet | यदि चेत् | (cet | चेत् | being added redundantly) = ‘if’ (e.g. yadi cet syāt | यदि चेत् स्यात् |, ‘if it should be’)
purā yadi | पुरा यदि | = ‘before’ (e.g. purā yadi paṣyāmi | पुरा यदि पष्यामि |, ‘before that I see’)
ya/dy a/pi | य/द्य् अ/पि | (rarely api yadi | अपि यदि |), ‘even if’, ‘although’ (followed by taṭāpi | तटापि | or tad api | तद् अपि | or sometimes by no particle in the correlative clause)
yadi | यदि | — yadi ca-yady api | यदि च-यद्य् अपि |, ‘if — and if — if also’
ya/di | य/दि | — ya/di-vā | य/दि-वा |, or ya/di vā | य/दि वा | — ya/di vā | य/दि वा |, or ya/di vā | य/दि वा | — ya/di | य/दि |, or yadi vā | यदि वा | — vā | वा |, or vā | वा | — yadi vā | यदि वा |, or yad vā | यद् वा | — yadi vā | यदि वा |, ‘if — or if’, ‘whether — or’
ya/di vā | य/दि वा | — na/ vā | न/ वा |, ‘whether — or not’
vā | वा | — yadi vā | यदि वा | — yadi vā-taṭāpi | यदि वा-तटापि |, ‘whether — or — or — yet’
vā yadi | वा यदि | = ‘or if’, ‘or rather’
yadi vā | यदि वा | id. or = ‘yet’, ‘however’.