anartha

Dictionary meanings for anartha from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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anartha

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [na. ba.] 1 Useless, worth- less; śunaḥ pucchamivānarthaṃ pāṃḍityaṃ dharmavarjitaṃ Pt. 3. 97.

2 Unfortunate, unhappy.

3 Harmful, disastrous, bad; citta- jñānānuvartino'narthā api priyāḥ syuḥ Dk. 160; wicked (opp. dakṣiṇa).

4 Not having that meaning (but another); having no meaning, nonsensical, meaningless.

5 Poor. rthaḥ [na. ta.] 1 [Page0058-c+ 57] Non-use or value.

2 A worthless or useless object....

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. non-value, a worthless or useless object 26,2 5216 m. disappointing occurrence, reverse, evil 26,2 5217 m. nonsense 26,2 5218 mfn. worthless, useless, bad 26,2 5219

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