adverb · yatra hi nāma · yatra 1
where
wherever; where
Yatra (adverb) [the (older?) reconstituted Sanskrit form of Pāli yattha, cf. Vedic yatra in which, where. The Pāli form is younger than the Vedic, as the Pāli meaning is doubtful for the Vedic period. It is merely a differentiation of forms to mark a special meaning in the sense of a causal conjunction, whereas yattha is adverb (of place or time) only] in which, where, since; only in phrase yatra hi nāma (in emphatic exclamations) with future; "as indeed, inasmuch as, that" S II 255 (ñāṇabhūtā vata sāvakā y. h. n. savako ñassati etc.); Ja I 59 (dhir-atthu vata bho jātiyā y. h. n. jātassa jarā paññāyissati "woe to birth that old age is to be noticed in that which is born!"); Miln 13 (acchariyaṃ vata bho ... y. h. n. me upajjhāyo ceto-parivitakkaṃ jānissati). {492}
yatra ind. [ yad-tral ] 1 Where, in which place, whither; sEva sA (dyOH) calati yatra hi cittaM N. 5. 57 ; Ku. 1. 7 , 10. 2 When; as in yatra kAle . 3 Whereas, because, since, as. ( yatra yatra means ‘wherever’; yatra yatra DUmastatra tatra vahniH T. S. ; yatra tatra in whatever place, everywhere; yatrakutra or yatrakvacana kvApi 1 wheresoever, in whatever place. 2 whensoever, at whatever time. 3 whenever, as often as. 4 hither and thither).
(idiom, idiom, adv + ind + ind) in the case when; when [lit.] where indeed
(ind, ind, adv, from ya) in which case; when Construction: ya + tra
(ind, ind, adv, from ya) wherever; where Construction: ya + tra