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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 138, col. 1.
    annārthatā f. (-tā) or annārthatva n. (-tvam) The concerning food;

    said of a religious act which does not concern the object

    or purpose of the sacrificer (comp. puruṣārthatva), but merely

    the consecration of the substance to be offered in sacrifice.

    E. annārtha, taddh. aff. tal or tva.