Tādin (adj. n.) (nom. tādī & tādi, in cpds. tādi˚) [Vedic tādṛś from tad -- dṛś of such appearance] such, such like, of such (good) qualities, "ecce homo"; in pregnant sense appl. to the Bhagavant & Arahants, characterized as "such" in 5 ways: see Nd1 114 sq.; SnA 202 & cp. Miln 382. tādī: Sn 712, 803 (& 154 tādī no for tādino, see SnA 201 sq.); tādi Sn 488, 509, 519 sq.; Dh 95; gen. tādino Dh 95, 96; with ref. to the Buddha D ii. 157≈ (ṭhitacittasa tādino, in BSk. sthiracittasya tāyinaḥ AvŚ ii.199); Vv 186 (expln VvA 95: iṭṭhādisu tādilakkhaṇasampattiyā tādino Satthu: see Nd1 114 sq.), of Arahant A ii.34; Sn 154 (or tādī no); instr. tādinā Sn 697; Miln 382; acc. tādiŋ Sn 86, 219, 957; :loc. pl. tādisu Pv ii.971 (=iṭṭhādisu tādilakkhaṇappattesu PvA 140, cp. VvA 95). -- See tādisa1.
   -- bhāva "such -- ness," high(est) qualification Vism 5, 214. -- lakkhaṇa the characteristic of such (a being) J iii.98 (˚yoga, cp. nakkhatta -- yoga); SnA 200 (˚patta); VvA 95 (˚sampatti).

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