anāthaa-nātha, as, ā, am, having no master or natural protector; widowed; fatherless; helpless, poor; (am), n., Ved. want of a protec- tor, helplessness. —Anātha-piṇḍa-da or a-nātha-piṇḍika, as, m. (‘giver of cakes or food to the poor’), N. of a merchant, in whose garden Śākyamuni used to instruct his disciples. —Anātha-sabhā, f. a poor- house.
anāthaa. [na. ba.] Helpless, poor, forlorn, parentless, orphan (as a child); widowed (as a wife); having no master or natural protector, without a protector in general; nāthavaṃtastvayā lokāstvamanāthā vipatsyase U. 1. 43; R. 12. 12. —thaṃ Ved. Helplessness. Comp.—piṃḍadaḥ, piṃḍikaḥ ‘giver of food to the poor,’ N. of a merchant in whose garden Buddha Gautama used to instruct his pupils. —sabhā a poor-house.
anāthaa. [na. ba.] Helpless, poor, forlorn, parentless, orphan (as a child); widowed (as a wife); having no master or natural protector, without a protector in general; nāthavantastvayā lokāstvamanāthā vipatsyase U.1.43; R.12.12. -tham Ved. Helplessness. kiṃ bhrātāsadyadanāthaṃ bhavāti | Rv.10.10.11. -Comp. -piṇḍadaḥ, -piṇḍikaḥ 'giver of food to the poor', N. of a merchant in whose garden Buddha Gautama used to instruct his pupils. -sabhā a poor-house.