Sanskrit

Pronoun

तद् • ‎(tád) n

1. (3rd person pronoun) it
2. that
3. this

Declension

Usage notes

Often correlative of य ‎(yá) generally standing in the preceding clause e.g.

yasya buddhiḥ sa balavān — of whom there is intellect he is strong

Sometimes, for the sake of emphasis, connected with the 1st and 2nd personal pronouns, with other demonstratives and with relatives e.g.

so 'ham — I that very person, I myself

tāv imau — those very two

tad etad ākhyānam — that very tale

yat tat kāraṇam — that very reason which

yā sā śrī — that very fortune which

Noun

तद् • ‎(tád) n

1. this world (compare इदम् ‎(idam))
2. = ब्रह्म ‎(brahma) » तत्त्व ‎(tat-tva)

Adverb

तद् • ‎(tád)

1. there, in that place, thither, to that spot (correlative of यत्र ‎(yátra) or यतस् ‎(yátas))
2. then, at that time, in that case (correlative of यदा ‎(yadā́), यद् ‎(yád) AV.; of यत्र ‎(yátra) ŚBr. xiv; of यदि ‎(yadi) Nal. Bhag. etc.; of चेद् ‎(ce*d) Śak. etc.)
3. thus, in this manner, with regard to that

   tad etau ślokau bhavataḥ — with reference to that there are these two verses

4. on that account, for that reason, therefore, consequently (sometimes correlative of यतस् ‎(yatas), यद् ‎(yád), येन ‎(yena) "because")
5. now (clause-connecting particle)
6. so also, equally, and

Derived terms

• तद् तद् ‎(tad tad) (tad tad)
• यद् तद् ‎(yad tad) (yad tad)
• तन् न ‎(tan na) (tan na)
• तद् अपि ‎(tad api) (tad api)
• तद् यथा ‎(tad yathā) (tad yathā)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0434