apārtha; 1 Purposeless, useless. 2 Disinterested, without a
selfish motive; e. g. in the Sāṅkhyakār. nānāvidhairupāyairu-
pakāriṇyanupakāriṇaḥ puṃsaḥ . guṇavatyaguṇasya satastasyārthamapārthakaṃ
carati (scil. prakṛtiḥ). 3 Meaningless; e. g. in the Kāśikā on
Pāṇ. VII. 2. 58. tataḥ parasmaipadeṣviti niyamārthaḥ . sa ca niyamo
yadyaviśeṣeṇa syātpūrvo yogo'pārthakaḥ syāt.
2. n. (-kam) (In the Nyāya philos.) One of the twenty-
two nigrahasthāna or failures in argument which lead to defeat
in controversy; viz. speech which is incoherent from want
of a causal nexus between what precedes and follows, al-
though the single sentences or words, may give a sense,
if taken individually; (it is different therefore from the ni-
grahasthāna which is called nirarthaka q. v.); ‘paurvāparyāyogāda-
pratisaṃbaddhārthamapārthakam’. E. apa and artha, samās. aff. kap.
+ ka, adj. f. thikā, Useless, Man. 8, 78.
— 1) Adj. (f. apārthikā ; apārthakā fehlerhaft) = apārtha 1) und 2)
— 2) m. Unsinn NYĀYAS. 5,2,10. °m Adv. in uneigennütziger Weise SĀṂKHYAK. 60.