adjective (being) in truth, truthful true, real DN.i.190 (+ bhūta taccha); MN.iii.70; Thag.347; Snp.1115 (= Cnd.275 taccha bhūta, etc.). (nt. tathaṃ = saccaṃ, in cattāri tathāni the 4 truths SN.v.430 SN.v.435; Pts.ii.104 sq. (+ avitathāni anaññathāni). As epithet of Nibbāna: see derivations & cp. taccha. abl tathato exactly variant reading B for tattato at Ja.ii.125 (see tatta²)
■ yathā tathaṃ (cp. yathā tacchaṃ) according to truth, for certain, in truth Snp.699, Snp.732, Snp.1127
■ Cp vitatha.

• -parakkama reaching out to the truth Ja.v.395 (= saccanikkama);
• -vacana speaking the truth (cp. tathāvādin) Mil.401.

an adjectivized tathā out of combination tathā ti “so it is,” cp. taccha