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    See also arthaḥ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 69.
    artha r. 10th cl. (arthayate sometimes- ti) To ask or beg.
    ☞ p. 69.
    artha mfn. (-thaḥ-thā-thaṃ)

    1 Rich.

    2 Learned. m. (-rthaḥ)

    1 Wealth, property, substance.

    2 Meaning, signification.

    3 Thing.

    4 Fruit, consequence.

    5 Prohibition.

    6 A material substance or object of sense.

    7 Cause, origin.

    8 Request, asking, begging.

    9 Kind, sort, manner.

    10 Well, well being.

    11 (In law) A suit, an action.

    E. ṛ to go, and than Uṇādi aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 54, col. 1.
    artha (ṅa ka ta) arthayate 10. d. To ask,
    to beg, to supplicate.
    ☞ p. 54, col. 1.
    artha (thaḥ) 1. m. Wealth; meaning;
    thing; cause; law suit.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 50, col. 1.
    artha artha, i. e. ṛ + tha, m. 1. De-

    sire; vivāha-, a marriage suit. 2. Aim;

    siddha-, one who has obtained his aim,

    Chr. 62, 60. 3. Advantage, Bhartṛ. 2,

    40. 4. Business, Man. 2, 67. 5. Wealth,

    Pañc. i. d. 197; worldly prosperity,

    Man. 12, 38 (one of the three aims of

    men; the two others are kāma, pleasure,

    and dharma, virtue); money, Daśak.

    in Chr. 180, 19. 6. Cause, Man. 2, 213.

    7. Thing, Man. 8, 170. 8. Meaning,

    Man. 3, 186; true sense, Man. 1, 3;

    thought, word, Cāk. d. 164. 9. In law:

    A suit, an action. 10. The acc. artham

    is used as an adverb, but almost always at

    the end of a compound word, implying,

    ‘for,’ ‘on account of,’ e. g. yajña-siddhi-

    artham, For the performance of sacri-

    fices, Man. 1, 23. The dat. arthāya,

    and loc. arthe, may be also used at

    the end of a compound word, or may

    govern the genitive. Abl. arthāt, ‘to

    wit,’ ‘namely,’ Sch. Śāk. d. 41. —

    Comp. Iti-artha + m, adv. to this end,

    Brāhmaṇav, 3, 4. Indriya-, m. an object

    of sense, Man. 4, 16. Etad-artha + m,

    therefore, Pañc. i. d. 330; in order,

    Rām. 2, 52, 24 Kim-, adj. with what

    aim, Chr. 57, 24. Kim-artha + m. adv.

    why, to what end, Nal. 22, 7. Kṛta-,

    adj. having attained one's end, satis-

    fied, Rām. 4, 34, 22. Gṛha-, m. the

    business of the house, Man. 2, 67. Tad

    -artha + m, adv. therefore, Rām. 1, 73, 4.

    Nirartha, i. e. nis-, I. m. nonsense. II.

    adj. 1. purposeless. 2. poor. 3. un-

    meaning. Niścitārtha, i. e. nis-cita-,

    (vb. ci), adj. completely resolved,

    Rām. 4, 42, 9. Para-, m. 1. great import-

    ance. 2. the interests of another. 3.

    sexual intercourse. Parama-, m. 1.

    the most sublime truth. 2. the whole

    truth. 3. reality. 4. earnest, Śāk.

    d. 51. Puruṣa-, m. 1. the object or

    aim of man. 2. human exertion.

    Bhūta-, m. an element of life. Mahā-,

    I. m. a principal object. II. adj. 1.

    significant. 2. dignified. Yajña-, adj.

    serving for a sacrifice, Bhag. 3, 9.

    Yathā-, adj. 1. according to the sense.

    2. proper, right, tham, adv. suitably,

    properly. A-yathā-, adj. not true, Śāk.

    d. 54. Yad-artha + m, adv. for what

    reason, Chr. 3, 3. Yāvadartha, i. e.

    yāvant-, I. adj. as much as may be

    useful, Man. 2, 182. II. adv. tham, as

    much as may be useful, ib. 2, 51. Sva-,

    I. adj. 1. having one's own object. 2.

    having a literal meaning. 3. pleonastic.

    II. m. 1. property. 2. own object. 3.

    own interest, Bhartṛ. 2, 59.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    Artha, as, am, m. n., in Ṛg-veda generally n.,

    but in later Sanskrit only m. (said to be fr. rt. ṛ,

    but connected with rt. arth), object; purpose; cause,

    motive, reason; advantage, use, utility; thing; sub-

    stance, wealth, property, opulence; affair, concern;

    request, suit, petition; asking, begging, want, need;

    sense, meaning, notion; manner, sort, kind; pro-

    hibition, prevention, abolition; price; N. of a son

    of Dharma. (Artha in some of its first senses

    may govern an inst. case; e. g. ko me jīvitena

    arthaḥ, ‘what concern have I with life?’). —Artha-

    kara, as, ā, or ī, am, producing or yielding

    advantage or wealth; useful; enriching. —Artha-

    karman, a, n. a principal or main action. —Artha-

    kāma, au, m. du. utility and desire, wealth and plea-

    sure; (as, ā, am), desirous of wealth. —Artha-

    kṛcchra, am, n. a difficult matter. —Artha-kṛt,

    t, t, t, causing profit, useful. —Artha-kṛtyā, am, f. n.

    an action aiming at profit. —Artha-gata, as, ā, am

    (= gatārtha), without an object, useless. —Artha-

    garīyas, ān, asī, as, highly significant. —Artha-

    ghna, as, ī, am, wasteful, extravagant. —Artha-

    jāta, as, ā, am, significant, full of meaning;

    worth the money. —Artha-jña, as, ā, am, under-

    standing the meaning of anything. —Artha-tattva,

    am, n. truth, the real object, nature or cause of any-

    thing; the true state of the case, the fact of the matter.

    —Artha-tas, ind. towards a particular object; with

    reference to the meaning; in fact, really, truly;

    namely, that is to say; on account of, (at the end

    of a compound). —Artha-da, as, ā, am, conferring

    advantage; profitable, useful, complaint, favourable;

    liberal, munificent. —Artha-dūṣaṇa, am, n. spoil-

    ing of another's property; unjust seizure of property,

    or a withholding of what is due; waste, prodigality,

    extravagance; finding fault with the meaning of

    a passage. —Artha-nibandhana, as, ā, am, having

    its cause in wealth, contingent on affluence and re-

    spectability. —Artha-niścaya, as, m. determination,

    decision. —Artha-pati, is, m. the lord of riches;

    a king; an epithet of Kuvera; N. of a man. —Artha-

    para, as, ā, am, intent on gaining wealth; parsi-

    monious, niggardly. —Artha-prayoga, as, m. appli-

    cation of wealth, as, to trade, usury, &c.; the profession

    of usury. —Artha-prāpti, is, f. acquisition of wealth;

    attainment of an object. —Artha-bandha, as, m. that

    which binds together the sense; the text. —Artha-

    buddhi, is, is, i, selfish. —Artha-bodha, as, m. in-

    dication of the real import. —Artha-bhāj, k, k, k, en-

    titled to a share in the division of property. —Artha-

    bhṛta, as, ā, am, having high wages (as a servant).

    —Artha-bheda, as, m. distinction, difference of mean-

    ing. —Artha-mātra, ā, am, f. n. property, money.

    —Artha-lābha, as, m. acquisition of wealth. —Artha-

    lubdha, as, ā, am, greedy of wealth, covetous, nig-

    gardly. —Artha-leśa, as, m. a little wealth. —Artha-

    lobha, as, m. desire of wealth, avarice. —Artha-

    vat, ān, atī, at, wealthy, rich; significant, full of

    sense or meaning; (ān), m. a man; (-vat), ind.

    according to a purpose. —Arthavat-tva, am, n. sig-

    nificance, importance. —Arthavargīya, as, ā, am,

    concerning the category of objects. —Artha-vāda,

    as, m. explanation of an affair, explanatory remark,

    exegesis; affirmation or narrative; declaration of

    purpose or object; speech or expression having a

    certain object; sentence; praise, eulogium. —Artha-

    vijñāna, am, n. comprehension of meaning, one of

    the six exercises of the understanding. —Artha-vid, t,

    t, t, sagacious, sensible, wise. —Artha-viniścaya, as,

    m. title of a Buddhist Sūtra work. —Artha-vṛddhi,

    is, f. accumulation of wealth. —Artha-vaikalpa, am

    n. deviation from truth, perversion or disguise of fact;

    prevarication. —Artha-vyaya, as, m. expenditure.

    —Artha-vyaya-jña, as, ā, am, liberal in giving

    and using. —Artha-vyaya-saha, as, ā, am, prodigal.

    —Artha-śāstra, am, n. institutes of the science of

    what is useful in life; science of polity or moral

    and political government. —Artha-śauca, am, n.

    purity, honesty in money matters. —Artha-saṃ-

    thāna, am, n. accumulation of wealth; treasury.

    —Artha-saṅgraha, as, m. accumulation of wealth;

    treasure. —Artha-sañcaya, as, m. acquisition of

    wealth; wealth, property. —Artha-sambandha, as,

    m. connection of the sense with the word or sentence.

    —Artha-sādhaka, as, m. bringing any matter to

    a conclusion; N. of a minister of king Daśaratha.

    —Artha-sāra, as, m. a considerable property.

    —Artha-siddhaka, as, m., N. of the plant Vitex

    Negundo L. —Artha-siddhi, is, f. success. —Artha-

    hara, as, ā, am, inheriting or taking wealth. —Ar-

    tha-hīna, as, ā, am, unmeaning, nonsensical; poor,

    deprived of wealth; failing. —Arthāgama (°tha-āg°),

    as, m. receipt or collection of property; income, ac-

    quisition of wealth. —Arthādhikāra (°tha-adh°), as,

    m. office of treasurer, charge of money or property.

    —Arthādhikārin (°tha-adh°), ī, m. a treasurer,

    a paymaster. —Arthāntara (°tha-an°), am, n. an-

    other matter, a different or new circumstance, a new

    affair; a different meaning; opposite or antithetical

    meaning, difference of meaning or purport. —Ar-

    thāntara-nyāsa, as, m. antithesis. —Arthānvita

    (°tha-an°), as, ā, am, possessed of wealth, rich;

    significant. —Arthāpatti (°tha-āp°), is, f. an infer-

    ence from circumstances; one of the five arguments

    of the Mīmāṃsakas; presumption, supposition. —Ar-

    thārthin (°tha-ar°), ī, inī, i, one who solicits wealth,

    or endeavours to gain any object. —Arthet (°tha-it),

    t, t, t, Ved. active, industrious; hasty. —Arthepsu

    (°tha-īp°), us, us, u, desirous of wealth. —Arthepsu-

    tā, f. desire of wealth. —Arthehā (°tha-īhā°), f. desire

    of wealth. —Arthopama (°tha-up°), am, n. a simile

    in which the object of comparision, is stated without any

    particle of comparison, e. g. ‘he is a dog.’ —Artho-

    pārjana (°tha-up°), am, n. acquisition of wealth

    or property. —Arthoṣman (°tha-uṣ°), a, n. wealth,

    the glow or pride of wealth, the condition of being

    wealthy; (so, Anglice, ‘a warm man’). —Arthaugha

    (°tha-ogh°), as, m. a treasure.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 120, col. 2.
    ártha, m.

    —1. aim, object, purpose, errand, sake; artham and arthe [1302c 4], for the sake of, on account of, for, esp. frequent at end of cpds;

    —2. (object, i. e.) thing, matter, affair, cause, business;

    —3. (object, i. e.) advantage, profit (w. instr.), wealth, property;

    —4. aim, intent, meaning, 5915. [‘that which one goes for,’ √ṛ, 1163.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 41.
    ártha n. m. aim, purpose, meaning, sense, object, profit, advantage of (instr.), wealth, property, money, thing, matter, business, cause, suit, action; o. —° adj. having a thing for object, for the sake of, on account of, for; acc., instr., dat. & loc. the same adv.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 27, col. 2.
    artha ar-tha, n. (V.), m. business, work; aim,
    purpose; cause; meaning; advantage, profit,
    use, utility, the useful; reward; gain; property,
    wealth, money; thing, object; matter, affair;
    case, suit; a. -°, hvg. in view, serviceable for:
    -m, in., d., lc. on account of, for sake of,
    for (-°); ab. = that is to say. ayam arthaḥ,
    this thing; kam artham, what thing ? ko'ar-
    -thaḥ, what is the use of (in.) ? what does (g.)
    care for (in.)?

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 90, col. 2.
    ártha mn. [in RV. i-ix only n.; in RV. x, six times n. and thrice m.; in later Sanskṛt only m.] aim, purpose (very often artham, arthena, arthāya, and arthe ifc. or with gen. ‘for the sake of, on account of, in behalf of, for’)
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    cause, motive, reason, Mn. ii, 213, &c.
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    advantage, use, utility (generally named with kāma and dharma See tri-varga; used in wishing well to another dat. or gen. Pāṇ. ii, 3, 73)
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    thing, object (said of the membrum virile, ŚBr. xiv)
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    object of the senses, VarBṛS.
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    (hence) the number ‘five’, Sūryas.
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    substance, wealth, property, opulence, money
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    (hence in astron.) N. of the second mansion, the mansion of wealth (cf. dhana), VarBṛS.
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    personified as the son of Dharma and Buddhi, BhP.
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    affair, concern (Ved. often acc. ártham with √ i, or gam, to go to one's business, take up one's work, RV. &c.)
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    (in law) lawsuit, action
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    having to do with (instr.), wanting, needing anything (instr.), ŚBr., &c.
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    sense, meaning, notion (cf. artha-śabdau and arthāt s.v. below and vedatattvārtha-vid)
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    manner, kind, L., prohibition, prevention, L.
    ☞ p. 90, col. 3.
    price (for argha, q.v.), L.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 57, col. 2.
    artha

    r. 10th el. (arthayate sometimes -ti) To ask or beg.

    ☞ p. 57, col. 2.
    artha

    mfn. (-rthaḥ-rthā-rthaṃ)

    1. Rich.

    2. Learned.

    m. (-rthaḥ)

    1. Wealth, property,
    substance.

    2. Meaning, signification.

    3. Thing.

    4. fruit, conse-
    quence.

    5. Prohibition.

    6. A material substance or object of sense.
    7. Cause, origin.

    8. Request, asking, begging.

    9. Kind, sort, man-
    ner.

    10. Well, well being.

    11. (In law) A suit, an action.

    E. ṛ to
    go, and than Unādi aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 48, col. 2.
    artha artha m. (arth) chose, objet qconque.

    Richesse, propriété, avoir.

    Avantage, utilité.

    L'utile, opposé à kāma l'agréable et à dharma l'honnête.

    Conséquence, fruit, bénéfice.

    But, projet, dessein; le but final de la vie.

    Réalité; objet des sens, matière perceptible.

    Cause; raison, motif.

    Sens des mots, signification; verbe, tg.

    Manière; sorte, façon.

    Action en justice.

    — A l'ac., à l'i., au d. et au l., mis advt. avec le g.: à cause de.

    Gr. .

    arthakṛt a. (kṛ) produisant qqc., utile, avantageux.

    arthanā f. demande; requête.

    arthanibandhana a. (bandh) lié à la richesse; contribuant à la fortune, à la considération.

    arthapati m. le maître des richesses, Kuvera.

    arthaprayoga m. profession d'usurier.

    arthabhṛta a. (bhṛ) qui a de gros gages.

    arthavat a. qui a de la valeur, de la réalité, du sens, de l'importance; expressif, significatif.

    arthavāda m. (vad) discours significatif, élogieux.

    arthavijñāna n. la distinction des significations, qui est un des éléments de la science.

    arthavyayajña a. (vyay-jña) qui sait dépenser son avoir.

    arthaśāstra n. science de l'économie; code de la propriété.

    arthārthin a. qui a pour but la richesse.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 80, col. 1.
    artha- m. (rar. nt.) but; cause, motif; avantage pratique, utilité, récompense; chose, objet; fait, réalité; propriété, biens; affaire, cas; sens, signification; membre viril; -am -āya -e -ena prép. (gén. ou ifc.) à cause de, en vue de, en raison de; -āt selon le cas; à savoir; -tas vers un objet particulier; en vue de; en fait; -tva- nt. fait de servir à.

    °kara- -ī- a. utile.

    °kāma- nt. et m. (du. ou pl.) l'utile et l'agréable, biens et plaisirs; a. qui souhaite la richesse; qui désire l'intérêt d'autrui.

    °kāmyati dén. désirer de l'argent.

    °kāraṇāt prép. ifc. en vue de.

    °kārśya- nt. pauvreté.

    °kāśin- a. qui n'a qu'une utilité apparente.

    °kilbiṣin- a. malhonnête en argent.

    °kṛcchra- nt. cas difficile, passe difficile.

    °kṛta- a. intéressé; -e ifc. à cause de.

    °kṛtya- nt. -ā- f. exécution d'une chose; acte fait en vue d'un profit.

    °kovida- a. expert, connaisseur.

    °grahaṇa- nt. fait d'enlever de l'argent; de signifier.

    °ghna- -ī- a. dissipateur.

    °citta- a. qui pense aux richesses.

    °cintaka- a. qui connaît ce qui est utile.

    °jāta- nt. ensemble des biens, fortune; objets.

    °jña- a. expert, qui se connaît à; qui comprend le sens de; -tā- f. fait de comprendre le sens.

    °tattva- nt. état de fait; vrai sens.

    °tantra- nt. utilitarisme; a. qui se laisse guider par intérêt.

    °tṛṣ- a. avide d'argent.

    °tṛṣṇā- f. cupidité.

    °da- a. profitable; munificent.

    °datta- m. n. de marchands.

    °darśana- nt. considération du cas.

    °dāna- nt. présent.

    °dūṣaṇa- nt. spoliation (du bien d'autrui); dissipation.

    °dṛś- f. oeil (fixé sur le) vrai.

    °dṛṣṭi- f. fait d'apercevoir un profit.

    °nāśa- m. perte d'argent.

    °nibandhana- a. provoqué par le gain.

    °nirdeca- m. spécification du sens.

    °nirvṛtti- f. réalisation de l'objet (qu'on se propose).

    °niścaya- m. décision d'une affaire.

    °nyūna- a. pauvre.

    °pati- m. homme riche; roi; n. d'un homme.

    °pada- nt. commentaire (de Pāṇini).

    °para- a. cupide.

    °parigraha- m. possession d'argent; a. qui dépend de l'argent.

    °pāruṣya- nt. dureté dans les questions d'argent .

    °pāla- m. n. d'un homme.

    °pradīpa- m. (chose qui n'est) pas une vraie lampe.

    °prayoga- m. prêt à intérêts, usure.

    °prāpti- f. acquisition de biens.

    °bandha- m. texte.

    °matta- a. fier de son argent.

    °mātra- nt. -ā- f. argent, fortune.

    °yukta- a. significatif.

    °yukti- f. avantage.

    °racana- nt. ifc. fait de poursuivre son but.

    °rāśi- m. richesse.

    °ruci- a. cupide.

    °lubdha- a. désireux d'argent.

    °lopa- m. perte d'argent.

    °lotupatā- f. cupidité.

    °varjita- a. sans signification.

    °vāda- m. explication du but, de l'objet (d'une loi, etc.); propos intéressé.

    °vid- ag. qui connaît le sens.

    °vidyā- f. connaissance de la vie pratique.

    °vināśana- a. qui cause du dommage.

    °vipatti- f. insuccès d'une chose.

    °viparyaya- m. pauvreté.

    °viśārada- a. qui répond au but, effectif.

    °vṛttikā- f. hétaïre.

    °vaikalya- nt. état de fait inexact.

    °vyavahāra- m. procès d'argent.

    °śāstra- nt. traité concernant l'économie politique; not. n. du traité sur ce sujet attribué à Kauṭilya.

    °śauca- nt. intégrité dans les affaires d'argent .

    °śrī- f. grande richesse.

    °saṃśaya- m. danger de perdre son argent.

    °saṃsiddhi- f. réussite d'une entreprise.

    °saṃgraha- m. fait d'amasser des biens.

    °saṃcaya- m. fortune, biens.

    °saṃdeha- m. cas critique.

    °samāhartṛ- ag. fonctionnaire chargé de collecter l'argent.

    °saṃpādana- nt. fait de mettre une chose en ordre.

    °saṃbandha- m. possession de biens.

    °sādhaka- a. qui exécute les affaires de; m. ministre de Daśaratha.

    °sādhana- nt. fait de mener à terme.

    °sāra- m. nt. fortune considérable.

    °siddha- a. qui se comprend de soi.

    °siddhi- f. succès, réussite; acquisition de biens.

    °hāni- f. perte d'argent.

    °hārin- a. qui vole de l'argent.

    arthāgama- m. accroissement de fortune, revenus.

    arthātura- a. cupide.

    arthātman- m. vraie nature.

    arthādhikāra- m. administration du trésor.

    arthāntara- nt. circonstance autre ou nouvelle ; °nyāsa- m. illustration du général par le particulier ou l'inverse (rhét.).

    arthābhinirvṛtti- f. résultat d'une affaire.

    arthābhipatti- f. fait de résulté des faits.

    arthārjana- nt. acquisition de biens.

    arthārtham adv. à cause de l'argent; arthārtha-tattva-jña- a. qui connaît à fond qqch.

    arthārthin- a. avide, intéressé; -thitā- f. désir de richesse.

    arthāvamarda- m. dissipation.

    arthāśā- f. désir d'argent.

    arthāharaṇa- nt. fait d'amasser de l'argent; d'amener des significations.

    arthepsutā- f. désir de richesses.

    arthotsarga- m. dépense.

    arthaugha- m. amas de biens.

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 59. ☞ vol. 3, p. 378.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 432.
    ártha Uṇ. 2, 4. Im ṚV. nur an wenigen Stellen des 10ten Maṇḍala m., sonst n.; in der spätern Zeit nur m. (vgl. jedoch M. 11, 189. R. 5, 63, 15) SIDDH. K. 250,b, 6.

    1) Ziel, Zweck AK. 3, 4, 88. H. 1514. an. 2, 211. MED. th. 2. tadindrò arthâṃ cetati ṚV. 1, 10, 2. tvāmacchā̂ carāmasì tadidarthâṃ dìve dîve 9, 1, 5. maiṣā̀ṃ nu gā̀dapârò arthâmètam 10, 18, 4. ī̀yurarthàṃ na nyàrthaṃ parûṣṇīm 7, 18, 9. śyènāsò na dûvasànāsò arthâm 4, 6, 10. 10, 29, 5. VS. 18, 15. arthadravyavirodhe 'rthasāmānyam KĀTY. ŚR. 1, 4, 16. 5, 5. śrutyarthakramebhyaḥ 3. arthanirvṛtteḥ 2. 3, 27. arthābhāva 22, 6, 6. arthalopa 4, 3, 22. arthaprasaṃkhyā 1, 10, 3. ekārtha, puruṣārtha 7, 2. parārtha 4, 3, 23. eṣvartheṣu paśūnhiṃsan M. 5, 42. arthasaṃpādana 7, 168. yadarthamiṣyate bhāryā prāptaḥ so 'rthastvayā mayi BRĀHMAṆ. 2, 7. ṛte kuṭumbārthāt ausser wenn es für die Familie geschieht YĀJÑ. 2, 46. yavārthāstu tilaiḥ kāryāḥ was man mit der Gerste bezweckt, soll man mit Tila thun, d. h. statt der Gerste Tila nehmen 1, 233. Sehr häufig am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) P. 2, 1, 36 und Vārtt. 3. 4. AK. 3, 6, 43. Accent P. 6, 2, 44. yajñārthātkarmaṇo 'nyatra mit Ausnahme eines Werkes, das ein Opfer zum Ziel hat, zu einem Opfer dient BHAG. 3, 9. pitrarthe (für die Manen bestimmt) pāñcayajñike M. 3, 83. yogavibhāga uttarārthaḥ findet des Folgenden wegen statt P. 1, 4, 60, Sch. 1, 23, Vārtt. 2, 62, Sch. 2, 6, Sch. saṃtānārthāya vidhaye RAGH. 1, 34. 2, 16. AK. 2, 8, 2, 19. H. 752. — artham acc., arthāya dat. und arthe loc. zum Behuf von, wegen, für. Am häufigsten (im MANU gegen 70 Mal) erscheint artham und, wie es scheint, stets am Ende eines comp.: yajñasiddhyartham M. 1, 23. vidyātapovivṛddhyarthaṃ śarīrasya ca śuddhaye 6, 30. udakagrahaṇārtham PAÑCAT. 19, 15. jihīrṣurambho gurvartham DAŚ. 1, 36. amarānvai nibodhāsmāndamayantyarthamāgatān N. 3, 3. velopalakṣaṇārthamādiṣṭo 'smi kāśyapena ŚĀK. 46, 6. āpadarthaṃ dhanaṃ rakṣeddārānrakṣeddhanairapi M. 7, 213. cihnabhūto vibhūtyarthamayaṃ dhātrā vinirmitaḥ N. 17, 6. kimartham weshalb HIḌ. 4, 28. R. 1, 8, 2. tadartham 73, 4. etadartham N. 3, 25. amutrārtham M. 7, 95. taddarśanādabhūcchaṃbhorbhūyāndārārthamādaraḥ qua conspecta Śivae desiderium uxorem ducendi augebatur KUMĀRAS. 6, 13. Im comp. ohne Flexionszeichen: ekakāryārthasaṃgatau SUND. 1, 4. — arthāya steht sowohl mit dem gen. als auch am Ende eines comp.: pratyākhyātā mayā tatra nalasyārthāya devatāḥ N. 13, 19. ṛtuparṇasya cārthāya bhojanīyamanekaśaḥ preṣitaṃ tatra rājñā 23, 9. mamāyaṃ nūnamarthāya yatamāno vihaṃgamaḥ . rākṣasena hataḥ saṃkhye prāṇāṃstyajati R. 3, 73, 2. 2, 51, 1. 5, 13, 71. BRĀHMAṆ. 1, 29. àsmākārthā̂ya (um unserntwillen) jajñiṣe AV. 1, 7, 6. kāmasaṃjananārthāya R. 1, 9, 19. 4, 4. 2, 52, 88. VIŚV. 12, 9. SUND. 1, 7. 24. eka eva hitārthāya - bahavo 'tra vipattaye PAÑCAT. III, 77. IV, 19. asmadarthāya R. 3, 73, 32. — arthe gerade so verbunden: gobrāhmaṇasya caivārthe M. 5, 95. 7, 14. BHAG. 1, 33. BRĀHMAṆ. 1, 27. PAÑCAT. 220, 19. HIT. I, 62. ŚĀK. 88. rāmalakṣmaṇayorarthe tvatsute varaye R. 1, 70, 44. 72, 6. etāstisrastu bhāryārthe nopayacchettu buddhimān nehme nicht zur Frau M. 11, 172. vikrīṇīṣe sutaṃ yadi paśorarthe (als Opferthier) VIŚV. 11, 13. kuṭumbārthe M. 8, 166. 167. 169. 10, 62. 11, 79. BHAG. 1, 9. DRAUP. 1, 4. N. 1, 6. 4, 16. 12, 20. 19, 4. R. 3, 73, 35. PAÑCAT. I, 230. HIT. I, 38. VID. 272. jananyā rākṣasendro 'dya mokṣārthe (um Befreiung) tava yācitaḥ R. 6, 10, 27. Nach VOP. 5, 36 haben arthena (mit dem instr.) und arthasya (mit dem gen.) dieselbe Bedeutung. Vgl. arthatas .

    — 2) Grund, Veranlassung, Ursache H. an. 2, 211. MED. th. 2. ato 'rthāt aus diesem Grunde M. 2, 213. kenacidarthena aus irgend einer Veranlassung N. 15, 13. aluptaśca muneḥ kriyārthaḥ Mittel zum Opfer RAGH. 2, 55.

    — 3) Vortheil, Nutzen: arthānarthau M. 8, 24. kṣetriṇāmarthaḥ M. 9, 52. 51. yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ saṃplutodake BHAG. 2, 46. parārtha RAGH. 1, 29. Häufig in Verbindung mit kāma Begierde und dharma Tugend. Diese drei Motive der Handlungen bilden den trivarga AK. 2, 7, 57. H. 1382. M. 12, 38. BRĀHMAṆ. 1, 16. dharmakāmārthān M. 7, 151. 26. R. 1, 5, 4. kāmārthau M. 2, 224. R. 1, 7, 12. = arthakāmau P. 2, 2, 34, Vārtt. 8 (vgl. gaṇa rājadantādi). M. 4, 176. KUMĀRAS. 5, 38. arthakāmeṣvasaktānām M. 2, 13. dharmāvāptiṃ ca vipulāmarthakāmaṃ ca kevalam R. 2, 86, 6. dharmārthau M. 2, 112. 224. 4, 92. 8, 74. = arthadharmau P. 2, 2, 34, Vārtt. 8 (vgl. gaṇa rājadantādi). M. 7, 46. Dazu gesellt sich bisweilen noch mokṣa die letzte Befreiung AK. 2, 7, 57. H. 1382. HIT. Pr. 25. I, 37. Bei einem Glückwunsch (āśiṣi) mit dem dat. oder gen. P. 2, 3, 73. artho devadattāya oder devadattasya Sch.

    — 4) Sache, Gegenstand, Ding, Object AK. 3, 4, 88. TRIK. 3, 3, 195. H. 1384, Sch. an. 2, 211. MED. th. 2. adhà cyavā̂nà uttâvī̀tyarthâm vermag Etwas ṚV. 10, 59, 1. na nirbaddhā upasargā arthānnirāhuḥ NIR. 1, 3. 11. 15. 16. 19. sa na manyetāgantūnivārthāndevatānām 7, 4. indriyebhyaḥ parā hyarthā arthebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ KAṬHOP. 3, 10. ĪŚOP. 8. na - sūkṣmamapyarthamutsṛjet M. 8, 170. arthaṃ bhikṣitvā 11, 25. 42. 8, 180. 187. artho hi kanyā parakīya eva ŚĀK. 97. sukhārtheṣu M. 6, 26. indriyārtheṣu 4, 16. 11, 44. BHAG. 2, 58. R. 1, 9, 4. abhīpsitānāmarthānām M. 7, 204. 8, 53. ŚĀK. 61, 17. KUMĀRAS. 7, 71. tamevārtham (dasselbe) abhāṣateva RAGH. 2, 51. saṃgītārtha musikalischer Apparat MEGH. 57. Euphemistisch für den penis: tasyāmarthaṃ niṣṭhāpya ŚAT. BR. 14, 9, 4, 8. 20 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 6, 4, 9. 21 (an beiden Stellen: niṣṭhāya).

    — 5) Gut, Besitz, Reichthum, Vermögen, Geld AK. 2, 9, 91. 3, 4, 88. H. 192. an. 2, 211. MED. th. 2. arthasya saṃgrahe ca - vyaye caiva M. 9, 11. 4, 18. 5, 106. 7, 124, 157. 8, 47. fgg. samyagarthasamāhartar 7, 60. arthe (bei den Finanzen) niyuñjīta 62. yasyārthāstasya mitrāṇi PAÑCAT. I, 3. sarvānparityajedarthānsvādhyāyasya virodhinaḥ M. 4, 17. 15. 7, 106. RAGH. 1, 7. arthalābha PAÑCAT. 7, 10. HIT. Pr. 15. arthavyaya H. 387. arthānāṃ prayogaḥ (vgl. arthaprayoga) das Ausleihen von Geld TRIK. 2, 9, 1.

    — 6) Sache, Angelegenheit AK. 3, 4, 88. H. an. 2, 211. MED. th. 2. yena haivārthena puruṣaścarettaṃ haiva vadet CHĀND. UP. 5, 11, 6. gṛhārthaḥ M. 2, 67. te sarveṣvartheṣvamīmāṃsye 2, 10. svārthasādhanatatpara 4, 196. 2, 100. RAGH. 1, 19. KATHĀS. 15, 59. svārthacintaka M. 7, 121. arthasiddhi 215. R. 2, 50, 5. RAGH. 2, 21. KATHĀS. 2, 63. sarvasiddhārtha M. 1, 83. siddhārtha R. 1, 6, 7. samṛddhārtha 44, 60. 3, 24, 10. 4, 44, 105. HIḌ. 1, 42. samāpte 'rthe YĀJÑ. 2, 86. durāpe 'rthe RAGH. 1, 72. svārthaṃ kariṣyāmi N. 4, 17. avaśyabhāvinyarthe BRĀHMAṆ. 2, 2. tameva cintayannartham R. 1, 2, 23. arthasaṃdeha ein zweifelhafter Fall HIT. 10, 11, v. l. Steht bisweilen ziemlich müssig da: deśakālārthadarśin M. 8, 157. dharmārthaprabhavaḥ neben adharmaprabhavaḥ 6, 64. saṃdeśārthāḥ Botschaften MEGH. 5. putrārthakāraṇāt R. 1, 15, 22. apatyārthakāraṇāt 3, 4, 19. gurvagnihotrārthakṛte SĀV. 4, 25. — enasvibhiranirṇiktairnārthaṃ kiṃcitsahācaret er habe auch nicht die geringste Gemeinschaft mit u.s.w. M. 11, 189. Geschäft, Arbeit; in der Regel mit i, gam (einem Geschäft nachgehen, eine Arbeit treiben): dèvo nò atrâ savìtā nvarthàṃ prāsā̂vīddvìpaccatûṣpadìtyai ṚV. 1, 124, 1. kvâ nū̀naṃ kadvò arthàṃ gantā̂ dìvo na pṛ̂thìvyāḥ habt ihr Etwas zu thun im Himmel, nicht auf Erden? 38, 1. nū̀naṃ jànāḥ sūryêṇà prasū̂tā̀ ayànnarthā̂ni kṛ̀ṇavànnapā̂ṃsi 7, 63, 4. dìve dîvè dhunâyo yàntyarthâm tagtäglich treiben die Rauschenden (Flüsse) ihre Arbeit 2, 30, 2. arthàṃ hyâsya tàraṇî 3, 11, 3. 1, 105, 2. 113, 6. 130, 5. 144, 3. 2, 39, 1. 3, 53, 3. 61, 3. 4, 13, 3. 6, 32, 5. 8, 58, 17. 68, 5. 10, 106, 7. 143, 1. AV. 15, 17, 8. m.: ètamarthàṃ ca cîketā̀hamàgniḥ ṚV. 10, 51, 4. arthâmètaṃ ràthīvādhvā̂nàmanvā vârībuḥ 6. VS. 18, 15. aharahararthāntsādhayante ŚAT. BR. 11, 5, 7, 1. tasmādyadyadhvaryoḥ śālāyāmarthaḥ syāt wenn der A. in der śā° Etwas zu thun hat 3, 6, 2, 20. gṛtsamadamarthamabhyutthitam NIR. 9, 4. tenādakārthānkurvanti KAUŚ. 75. — Bemerkenswerth ist die Verbindung mit dem instr.: no hyavarcaso vyāptyā canārtho 'sti der ava° hat nichts mit der vyā° zu thun ŚAT. BR. 5, 2, 5, 12. etairhyatrobhayairartho bhavati (man hat mit Beiden zu thun, man bedarf Beider) yaddevaiśca brāhmaṇaiśca 3, 3, 4, 20. yadi prāṇairihārtho vo nivartadhvam wenn es Euch um's Leben zu thun ist, so kehret um R. 3, 26, 10. na hi me jīvitenārtho nāpyarthairna vibhūṣaṇaiḥ 5, 26, 23. ko nu me jīvitenārthaḥ N. 12, 65. BHAG. 3, 18. HIT. Pr. 11. acetanagrahaṇena nārthaḥ PAT. zu P. 3, 1, 7, Vārtt. 1. satāmarthaḥ śivārcayā VOP. 5, 10. Es findet mit diesem instr. auch comp. statt P. 2, 1, 30, Sch. Accent eines solchen comp. 6, 2, 153, Sch. Vgl. arthin 1.

    — 7) Begehr, Verlangen, Bedarf MED. th. 2. yāvadartha soviel als nöthig ist M. 2, 51 (v. l.: yāvadanna). 182.

    — 8) Sinn, Bedeutung, Begriff, Inhalt AK. 3, 4, 88. H. an. 2, 211. MED. th. 2. tasyaite kathitā hyarthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6, 23. te tamarthamapṛcchanta devān M. 2, 152. vedārthavid 3, 186. udāravṛttārthapadaiḥ ślokaśataiḥ R. 1, 2, 45. vicitrārthapadam (ākhyānam) 4, 28. viśrutārtha 29. vāgarthau RAGH. 1, 1. arthaśabdau = śabdārthau gaṇa rājadantādi; vispaṣṭārtha M. 2, 33. arthayukta KUMĀRAS. 1, 19. parokṣārtha HIT. Pr. 9. śruterivārthaṃ smṛtiranvagacchat RAGH. 2, 2. P. 1, 2, 56. īṣadarthe in der Bedeutung von ī° 1, 1, 14, Kār. RAGH. 3, 21. In Verbindung mit tattva vorang. oder folg.: vedaśāstrārthatattvajña M. 12, 102. R. 1, 1, 16. arthārthatattvajña 3, 76, 1. vedatattvārthavid M. 5, 42. 3, 96. asya sarvasya vidhānasya - kāryatattvārthavit 1, 3. Am Ende eines adj. comp. häufig durch ka verstärkt AK. 2, 8, 2, 62. 3, 2, 59. 3, 32. H. 4.

    — 9) Art und Weise H. an. 2, 211.

    — 10) Verbot (nivṛtti) AK. 3, 4, 88. H. an. 2, 211. MED. th. 2.

    — 11) Preis H. 868. Offenbar ein Fehler für argha .

    — 12) personif. ein Sohn Dharma's BHĀG. P. in VP. 55, N. 13. — Vielleicht von ar, also: was man erreicht.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1044.
    artha

    1) kastavārtho yatparasya hetormāmākrośasi DAŚAK. 80, 1. arthena wegen, mit gen.: kuṇḍalayorarthenābhyāgato 'smi MBH. 1, 767. teṣāmarthena yācāmi tvāham 3, 9939.

    — 3) arthānarthānubandhasaṃśayavicāra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 216,a,7. DAŚAK. in BENF. Chr. 181,1. 2. patiṃ putraṃ bhrātaraṃ vā ghnantyarthe ghātayanti ca eines Vortheils wegen Spr. 4371.

    — 4) = viṣaya Object der Sinne: svārthena (saha) - indriyam (eti) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 75, 3.

    — 6) yo 'bhyarthitaḥ sadbhirasajjamānaḥ karotyartham wer ihre Sache —, ihre Angelegenheit vollbringt Spr. 4909. ko 'rthasteṣāṃ pārthivopāśrayeṇa 318.

    — 8) arthāt dem Sinne nach so v. a. das ist, nämlich, scilicet: anantaramadhigataṃ prāptam arthātkaṇvena ŚAṂK. zu ŚĀK. 41. SĀH. D. 332, 19. śabdakalpadrumaḥ arthāt etaddeśasthasamastakoṣāśeṣaśāstra° ŚKDR. auf dem Titelblatte.

    — 10) lies das Aufhören, Unterbleiben st. Verbot. Als Beispiel führt KṢĪRASVĀMIN (bei AUFRECHT, UṆĀDIS. Ind. u. artha) maśakārtho dhūmaḥ Rauch zur Vertreibung der Mücken (gehört natürlich zu 1.) an.

    — 13) Bez. der Zahl fünf WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 382.

    — 14) in der Astrol. Bez. des zweiten Hauses, des Hauses des Reichthums (vgl. dhana) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 40, 6. 9. 41, 9. BṚH. 4, 10. 9, 5.

    ☞ vol. 7, p. 1702.
    artha

    3) so v. a. Lohn Spr. (II) 3587.

    — 7) varārthā nach einem Gatten verlangend BHĀG. P. 3, 8, 5.

    — 13) (Nachträge) SŪRYAS. 1, 38. 42. 2, 23. 12, 86.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 114.
    ártha, n. (m. nur {844,4}; {877,4}. 6). Grundbegriff ist „das Erstrebte” (wol von ar 9 in der Bedeutung „streben”). Daher 1) Ziel; 2) Geschäft, Arbeit; insbesondere 3) mit i oder gam, an die Arbeit gehen, eine Arbeit treiben.

    -am 1) {105,2}; {130,5}; {144,3}; {295,3}; {302,10}; {534,9}; {688,5}; {713,5}; {844,4}; {853,20}; {855,5}; {969,1}. — 2) {10,2}; {245,3}; {287,5}; {309,3}; {473,5}; {678,17}; {877,4. 6}; {885,1}; 899,5(?). — 3) {38,2}; {113,6}; {124,1}; {221,2}.

    -āni 3) {579,4}.

    -eṣu 3) {932,7}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 110, col. 1.
    artha m. (in der späteren Sprache) und n. Am Endes eines adj. Comp. f. ā.

    — 1) Geschäft , Arbeit. artham mit i und gam an eine Arbeit gehen , eine Arbeit treiben. Mit kar arbeiten für (gen.) 191,16.

    — 2) Ziel , Zweck. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. so v.a. bezweckend , dienend zu. °artham (ŚAT. BR. 14,3,2,21.) und °artha° (GAUT. 20,1) zum Behuf von , wegen , für , um. arthena mit Gen. , arthāya und arthe mit Gen. oder am Ende eines Comp. dass.

    — 3) Grund , Veranlassung.

    — 4) Vortheil , Nutzen , das Nützliche , utile. *Mit Dat. oder Gen. der Person als Wunsch so v.a. möge es ihm zum Vortheil gereichen.

    — 5) Lohn Spr. 3587.

    — 6) das Zuthunhaben mit , Bedürfen von (Instr.). varārthā der es um einen Gatten zu thun ist BHĀG. P. 3,8,5.

    — 7) Gut , Besitz , Reichthum , Vermögen , Geld.

    — 8) das 2te astrologische Haus , das Haus des Reichthums Ind. St. 14,314, Śl. 18.

    — 9) Sache , Gegenstand , Ding , Object.

    — 10) Sinnesobject. — Daher

    — 11) Bez. der Zahl fünf.

    — 12) euphem. penis.

    — 13) Sache , Angelegenheit. ayam so v.a. dieses 67,26. akartham was? 39,28. kaṃ cidartham Etwas 11. bhāvyartha etwas Zukünftiges 82,18. avaśyabhāvin was nothwendig erfolgen muss 165,30. pratipanna etwas Versprochenes 123,16

    — 14) gerichtliche Sache , Klage 212,33. 213,26. 214,12.

    — 15) Sinn , Bedeutung. arthāt so v.a. nämlich , scilicet.

    — 16) *Art und Weise.

    — 17) *das Aufhören , Unterbleiben.

    — 18) Preis (fehlerhaft für argha).

    — 19) personif. als Sohn des Dharma und der Buddhi BHĀG. P. 4,1,51.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 28, col. 1.
    ártha n. (m.) Streben, Arbeit, Ziel, Zweck, Grund, Sinn, Bedeutung; Vorteil, Glück, Nutzen von (Instr.), Lohn, Erwerb, Reichtum, Besitz, Vermögen, Geld, Dind; Sache, Klage (j.) Adj. —° bezweckend, zu — dieneud; Abstr. °tva n. artham (—°), arthena, arthāya, arthe (mit Gen.o. —°) wegen, um — willen, zu. ayamartha;, kámartham etc. dieses, was (= haec res quam rem).
    ☞ p. 538, col. 1.
    ártha n. (älter als)m.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 66, col. 2.
    ártha , so zu akzentuieren.

    — arthaṃ car jemandes Sache fördern, für jemandes Nutzen arbeiten, Jātakam. 21.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 18, col. 2.
    artha m. (r. arth s. a, nisi potius arthayāmi est Denomina-

    tivum vocis artha) 1) res, materia. BR. 1. 16. 2. 2. 6. N.

    8. 4. 12. 90. 15. 3. 18. 15. BH. 2. 6. 8. transl. sensus.

    2) divitiae, opes. N. 17. 47. BH. 2. 6. 3) commodum,

    utilitas, fructus. BH. 3. 18. 4) causa, ratio. N. 15. 13.

    Acc. instr. dat. et loc. - artham, arthena, arthāya, arthe-

    praepositionis vice funguntur, ut latinum causâ, gratiâ,

    c. gen. aut in compositione cum nomine recto. N. 23. 10.

    BR. 1. 27. 29. 2. 3. H. 4. 28. -- In fine compositorum artha

    cum significatione res nonnunquam redundat. A. 4. 16.

    SA. 4. 25. (gr. ).

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 10.
    artha;
    dyumnaṃ dravyaṃ draviṇaṃ rāḥ sāraṃ svāpateyamarthaḥ svam .
    ṛkthaṃ pṛkthaṃ vittaṃ dhanaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca vasu vibhavaḥ .. 80 ..
    1.1.1.80
    ☞ p. 99.
    artha;
    abhidheyābhiprāyaprayojanadravyavācakeṣvarthaḥ .
    5.1.1.867

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 366, col. 2.
    artha yācane ada0 cu0 ātma0 dvika0 seṭ . arthayate ārttithata .
    arthayāmāsa . arthakaḥ arthī arthitaḥ arthyaḥ arthanīyaḥ artha-
    yitum arthanam arthanā . arthayitvā arthayitā
    “surāḥ sapabhyaryyayitāra ete” kumā0 . “avakāśaṃ kilo-
    danyān rāmāyābhyarthito dadau” raghuḥ “aglopitvaṃ sthānivattvaṃ
    cādantasya prayojanam yatra tvete na vidyete tatrāglopavika-
    lpanam . tadbalādantyadīrghaśca puk cetyaṅkāpayatyapi” kāmadhenūkteḥ
    puk—dīrghaśca arthāpayate . sam + samarthane samamarthayate sama-
    rthanañca pramāṇena vyavasthāpanam . ku pīḍane kadādeśaḥ kadarthayate .
    abhi + ābhimukhyena prārthane abhyarthanīyaḥ . “abhyarthanābhaṅga-
    bhayena sādhuḥ” kumā0 . prati + pratikūlācaraṇe pratyarthī .
    “pratyarthībhūtāmapi tāṃ samādheḥ” kumā0 .
    ☞ p. 367, col. 1.
    artha pu0 artha bhāvakarmmādau yayāyatham ac . 1 abhidheye 2 śabda-
    śaktyā vodhyepadārthe ca “tadadoṣau śabdārthāvanalaṅkṛtī punaḥ
    kvāpi” kā0 pra0 ālaṅkārikamate sa ca arthastrividhaḥ
    vācyo lakṣyovyaṅgyaśceti bhedāt . “arthovācyaśca
    lakṣyaśca vyaṅgyaśceti tridhā mataḥ . vācyo'rtho'bhidhayā
    bodhyo lakṣyolakṣaṇayā mataḥ . vyaddhyovyañjanayā tāḥ
    syustisraḥ śabdasya śaktayaḥ” sā0 da0 . tāśca tattacchabde
    vakṣyante . anyamate “tātparyyākhyāṃ vṛttimāhuḥ padā-
    rthānvayabodhane . tātparyyārthaṃ tadarthañca vākyaṃ tadbodhakaṃ-
    pare” . iti tātparyya pratipādyo'pyaparaḥ arthabhedaḥ . sa ca
    abhihitānvayaśabde vivṛtaḥ . 3 dhane . tasya sarvvairarthanīya-
    tvāttathātvam “ajarāmaravat prājñovidyāmarthāṃśca cintayet”
    “arthasyopārjjane kleśastato'pi parirakṣaṇe” nīti0 . sacārtha-
    strividhaḥ śuklaḥ śavalaḥ kṛṣṇaśceti bhedāt yathā
    “atha gṛhāśramiṇastrividho'rthobhavati . śuklaḥ śavalo'-
    sitaśceti . śuklenārthena yadaihikaṃ karoti taddevamāsāda-
    yati . yacchabalena tanmānuṣyam, yatkṛṣṇena tattiryyaktvam ..
    svavṛttyupārjitaṃ sarvvaṃ sarvveṣāṃ śuklam . anantaravṛttyupāttaṃ
    śavalam . antaritavṛttyupāttañca kṛṣṇam . kramāgataṃ prītidāyam
    prāptañca saha bhāryyayā . aviśeṣeṇa sarvveṣāṃ dhanaṃ śuklaṃ
    prakīrttitam .. utkocaśuklasaṃprāptamavikreyasya vikraye .
    kṛtopakārādāptañca śavalaṃ samudāhṛtam .. pārśviṃkadyūtacau-
    ryyāptaṃ pratirūpakasāhasaiḥ . vyājenopārjitaṃ yacca tat kṛṣṇaṃ
    samudāhṛtam .. yathāvidhena dravyeṇa yatkiñjit kurute naraḥ .
    tathābidhamavāpnoti sa phalaṃ pretyacehaca” viṣṇu0 sū0 .. 4 prayo
    jane iṣṭe . prayojanañca icchāviṣayaḥ . tacca gauṇamukhyabhe
    dena dvividham yatra anyecchānadhīnecchā jāyate tat mukhyaṃ
    yathā sukhaṃ duḥkhābhāvaśca tayoricchāyā anyecchānadhīnatvāt .
    sākṣāt paramparayā vā tatsādhanaṃ tu gauṇaṃ tatra sukhaduḥkhā-
    bhāvecchayaiva icchodayāt gauṇatvam . prabojanañca yadyapi
    nānāvidham tathāpi śāstrakāraiḥ prādhānyena dharmmārtha-
    kāmamokṣarūpāṇi catvāryevāṅgīkṛtāni tatraiva sarvvaprayo-
    janānāmantarbhāvāt . taeva catvāraḥ ṣuruṣārthāḥ puruṣe-
    ṇeṣyamāṇatvāt . māṃkhyāsta sargāpavargātmakaṃ dvividhaṃ
    puruṣārthamāhuḥpuruṣasya prayojanamuddiśya prakṛteḥ pravarttanāt .
    evaṃ caturvidhe dvividhe vā puruṣārthe matabhedena sthite
    teṣu madhye mokṣaeva paramapuruṣārthaḥ “atha trividhaduḥkhā-
    tyantanivṛttiratyantapuruṣāṣārthaḥ” sā0 sṛ0 . “iha khalu
    dharmmārthakāmamokṣākhyeṣu caturvidhapuruṣārtheṣu mokṣaeva parama-
    puruṣārthaṃ” ve0 pa0 . duḥkhātyantanivṛttirūpamukhyaprayojanasya
    anyecchānadhīnecchāviṣayatvāt prādhānyam . dharmmārthakāmāstu
    tatsādhanāni tatrāpi dharmmo'rthasādhanam arthaḥ kāmasya
    sādhanamityavāntarabhedaḥ “īkṣvākūṇāṃ durāpe'rthe tadadhīnāhi
    siddhayaḥ” raghuḥ . “jñātārthojñāsambandhaḥ śrotuṃ śrotā prava-
    rttate” ityatrārthapadenābhidheyaprayo janayorgrahaṇam “kasyā-
    rthakāmau vada pīḍayāmi” “apyarthakāmau tasyāstāṃ dharmma
    eva manīṣiṇaḥ” raghuḥ . 5 nimitte “ato'rthānna pramā-
    dyanti pramadāsu vipaścitaḥ” manuḥ arthāthetoḥ kullū0
    “artho'yamaṃrthāntaralabhya eva” kumā0 “arthāntaraṃ kāraṇānta-
    ramiti” malli0 . nimittañca kāraṇanuddeśyañca tatra
    nimittārthena “arthena tu nityasamāso viśeṣyanighnatā ceti”
    vārttikokteḥ nityaścaturthīsamāsaḥ . dvijārthaṃ payaḥ . dvijārthā
    yavāgūḥ . yūpārthaṃ dāru . bhāṣyakṛtā tu yūpārthaṃ dāru ityādau
    vahuvrīhirapi mādhuḥ svare viśeṣa ityuktam “anye ca
    bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ” gītā “madarthamapi karmmāṇi
    kurvvannāpnoti kilviṣam” gītā “madarthasandeśamṛṇāla-
    mantharaḥ” naiṣa0 . “paralokasahāyārthaṃ sarvvabhūtānyapīḍayan”
    “tasmāddharmmaṃ sahāyārthaṃ” iti ca manuḥ . karmmaṇi—ac .
    6 viṣaye śabdādau . “indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ gītā”
    “indriyebhyaḥ parāhyarthā hyarthebhyaśca paraṃ manaḥ” ka0 u0 .
    7 jñeyavastuni “indriyārthasannikarṣotpannaṃ jñānaṃ pratyakṣam”
    gau0 sū0 . atrārthaḥ ghaṭādivastumātram . rājña upāye
    8 tantrāvāpādau arthacintāśabde udā0 9 vastusvabhāve
    yathārtham . 10 nivarttanīye maśakārthodhūmaḥ . jyotiṣokte
    11 lagnāvaghidvitīyabhavane 12 prakāre . bhāve ac 13 abhilāṣe
    14 prārtha ne ca karmmaṇi yat 15 artha nīye viṣṇau pu0
    “artho'nartho mahākopaḥ” vi0 sa0 “sukharūpatayā savvai
    rarthyata ityarthaḥ . bhā0 16 phale . arthāya sādhuḥ arthā-
    danapeto vā yat arthyaḥ . arthādanapete arthasādhane ca
    tri0 . “arthyāmarthapatirvācama” raghuḥ . “vāgīśaṃ vāgbhira-
    rthyābhiḥ” kumā0 .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 104.
    artha t ka ṅa yācane . iti kavikalpadrumaḥ .. ṅa
    arthayate arthāpayate . prārthayatyalpamūlyānītyādau
    prārthanaṃ prārthaḥ paścāt prārthaṃ karoti iti ñau
    parasmaipadaṃ . iti durgādāsaḥ ..

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 90, col. 2.
    Artha (profit). § 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 59, 2253 (son of

    Dharma and Śrī), 2254; XII, 10407 (= Śiva, 1000 names1);

    XIII, 1166 (do., 1000 names2); XIII, 6995 (= Viṣṇu,

    1000 names).

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 110.
    Artha — born of dharma and buddhi:1 Its ills;2 not to

    be earned by a king by illegitimate means and not to abuse

    it by giving it to undesirables.3 [Footnote] 1) Bhā. IV. 1. 51; I. 2. 9. [Footnote] 2) Bhā. XI. 23. 17-21. [Footnote] 3) M. 220.

    11; Vā. 23. 81; 61. 130.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 66, col. 2.
    artha , nt. (as in RV generally; in later Skt. only m.),

    aim, goal, etc.: idam eva cārthaṃ (acc.) SP 97.5 (vs);

    paramārtham etat (acc.) 8,10 (vss); yad arthaṃ samudāgato

    tad artham abhisaṃbhāvayitvā Mv i.4.12, formula re-

    peated i.34.1 etc.; in these two occurrences all mss. yad,

    tad. (As one of the four pratisaṃvid, see this.)

    Kṛdantarūpamālā

    ☞ p. 37.
    (40) ‘artha upayācñnāyām’ (X-curādiḥ-1905-saka. seṭ-

    ātmane-ā 1 garvīyaḥ . adantaḥ)

    arthakaḥ-rthikā, artithayiṣakaḥ-ṣikā;

    arthayitā-trī, artithayiṣitā-trī;

    artha 1 yamānaḥ, artithayiṣamāṇaḥ;

    arthayiṣyamāṇaḥ, artithayiṣiṣyamāṇaḥ;

    arth 2 -arthau-arthaḥ; --

    arthitam A -taḥ-tavān, artithayiṣitam-taḥ-tavān;

    arthaḥ, vidyā 3rthī, artithayiṣuḥ;

    arthayitavyam, artithayiṣitavyam;

    arthanīyam, artithayiṣaṇīyam;

    arthyam, artithayiṣyam,

    īṣadarthaḥ, durarthaḥ, svarthaḥ; --

    arthyamānaḥ, artithayiṣyamāṇaḥ;

    arthaḥ; artithayiṣaḥ;

    arthayitum, artithayiṣitum;

    arthanā, abhyarthanā, artithayiṣā;

    arthanam, artithayiṣaṇam;

    arthayitvā, artithayiṣitvā;

    samarthya, abhyarthya, B samartithayiṣya;

    artham 2, arthayitvā 2, artithayiṣam 2, artithayiṣitvā 2;

    [Footnote]1. ‘āgarvādātmanepadinaḥ’, iti ga. sū. curādau . tena ṇyantācchānajeva . “prārtha-

    yanti śayanotthitaṃ priyāḥ’ ‘ityādi tu kṛdantāt ‘tatkaroti—’ iti ṇici

    neyam” iti mā dhā. vṛttau ..

    [Footnote]1. ‘āgarvādātmanepadinaḥ’, iti ga. sū. curādau . tena ṇyantācchānajeva . “prārtha-

    yanti śayanotthitaṃ priyāḥ’ ‘ityādi tu kṛdantāt ‘tatkaroti—’ iti ṇici

    neyam” iti mā dhā. vṛttau ..

    [Footnote]2. ‘rāt sasya’ (8-2-24) iti niyamāt saṃyogāntalopo na .

    [Footnote]A. ‘taccākarṇya saroṣamutpadayate smottuṅgamañcaṃ hariḥ

    prottiṣṭhannasicarmaṇī gṛhitavān kaṃso'pi mṛgyo'satām .

    draṣṭṝṇāṃ kuhako'tha śūrayitṛbhiḥ stutyo'sinā vīrayāṃ--

    cakre sthūlitabhītirarthitavadhāssatrāśanairgarvitaiḥ’ (dhā. kā. 3-58.)

    [Footnote]3. ‘supyajātau ṇinistācchīlye’ (3-2-78) iti ṇiniḥ .

    [Footnote]B. ‘na jihriyāñcakārātha sītāmabhyarthya tarjitaḥ .

    nāpyūrjāṃ bibharāmāsa vaidehyāṃ prasito bhṛśam ..’ bha. kā. 6. 3.

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 28.
    artha (IE 7-1-2), ‘five’,

    (CII 1), a cause or matter.

    (CII 1), business.