adjective noun (nom. tādī & tādi, in compounds tādi˚) such, such like of such (good) qualities, “ecce homo”; in pregnant sense appl. to the Bhagavant & Arahants, characterized as “such” in 5 ways: see Mnd.114 sq.; Snp-a.202 & cp Mil.382. tādī: Snp.712, Snp.803 (& Snp.154 tādī no for tādino see Snp-a.201 sq.); tādi Snp.488, Snp.509, Snp.519 sq.; Dhp.95 gen. tādino Dhp.95, Dhp.96; with ref. to the Buddha DN.ii.157 ≈ (ṭhitacittasa tādino, in BSk. sthiracittasya tāyinaḥ Avs.ii.199); Vv.18#6 (explⁿ Vv-a.95: iṭṭhādisu tādilakkhaṇasampattiyā tādino Satthu: see Mnd.114 sq.) of Arahant AN.ii.34; Snp.154 (or tādī no); instr. tādinā Snp.697; Mil.382; acc. tādiṃ Snp.86, Snp.219, Snp.957: loc. pl tādisu Pv.ii.9#71 (= iṭṭhādisu tādilakkhaṇappattesu Pv-a.140, cp. Vv-a.95)
■ See tādisa¹.

• -bhāva “such-ness,” high(est) qualification Vism.5 Vism.214.
• -lakkhaṇa the characteristic of such (a being Ja.iii.98 (˚yoga, cp. nakkhatta-yoga); Snp-a.200 (˚patta) Vv-a.95 (˚sampatti).

Vedic tādṛś from tad-dṛś of such appearance