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

    ☞ p. 1316, col. 2.
    artha—caryā doing business, ĀśvGṛ.
    ☞ p. 1316, col. 2.
    promoting another's affairs (one of the 7 elements of popularity), Jātakam. (Dharmas. 19)

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 66, col. 2.
    arthacaryā f. Verrichtung eines Geschäftes, Āśv. Gṛhy. 3, 7, 8.

    — Befördern der Sache eines Anderen [im Komp. vorangehend], Jātakam. 13, 23. 15. parārtha° 17.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 66, col. 2.
    artha-caryā (= Pali attha-cariyā; cf. prec.), conduct

    for the benefit or profit (of, gen. or comp.): devānāṃ (Mv

    iii.91.1, 3 deva-) manuṣyāṇāṃ (i.231.6 adds ca) °ryāṃ

    caramāṇo (or caranto) Mv i.231.6--7; iii.91.1, 3; svāmy-

    arth° Jm 85.1; parārth° Jm 95.8, etc.; technically as one

    of the saṃgraha-vastu (q.v.; in LV replaced by artha-

    kriyā, q.v.), conduct for the religious benefit of others, viz.,

    inspiring them to act for their own religious profit, as

    explained Bbh 220.25 ff.; in lists of the 4 saṃgra°, Mv

    i.3.12; ii.395.8; Mvy 927; Dharmas 19.