Yathāva (adjective) [derivation from yathā, as yathā + vant, after analogy of yāvant, but following the a-declention, cf. Epic Sanskrit yathāvat] having the character of being in accordance with (the truth or the occasion), real, true, just It 44 (santaṃ paṇītaṃ yathāvaṃ, neuter); Thag 188, 422 (°āloka-dassana seeing the real light); Miln 171 (°lakkhaṇa true characteristics); Vism 588 (as yāthāvasarasa), 639 (the same). — ablative yathāvato (also found as yāthāvato, probably more correctly, being felt as a derivation from yathā) according to fitness, duly, truly, sufficiently Pv-a 60 (so read for yathā vato), 128 (all mss yāthāvato!); Thig-a 256 (yā°; the explanation given by Morris, JPTS 1889, 208 is not correct).