arthika

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 70.

arthika m. (-kaḥ)

1 A crier, a watchman, a minstrel, a servant whose duty it is to announce by song or music, fixed periods of the day, or those of getting up and of repose, &c.

2 A beggar, a solicitor.

E. arthi a rich man, and ka from ke to call or sound.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 55, col. 1.

arthika (kaḥ) m. A king's awakener;
a beggar, a solicitor.

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

☞ p. 84, col. 1.

Arthika, as, m. a crier, a watchman, a minstrel,

a servant, whose duty it is to announce, by song or

music, fixed periods of the day, such as the hours of

rising and going to rest.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 27, col. 3.

arthika arth-ika, a. in need of, desirous of
(-°); -i-tavya, fp. to be sought; -i-tā, f., -tva,
n. solicitation; desire of (in.); request; -in,
a. busy; eager; desirous of (in., -°); needy;
amorous, lustful; m. suitor; suppliant, beggar;
prosecutor.

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

☞ p. 91, col. 2.

arthika mfn. wanting anything, MBh. i, 5619 (cf. kanyāthika)

☞ p. 91, col. 2.

(as)

☞ p. 91, col. 2.

a prince's watchman (announcing by song or music the hours of the day especially those of rising and going to rest), L.

Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 58, col. 1.

arthika

m. (-kaḥ)

1. A crier, a watchman, a minstrel, a servant whose
duty it is to announce by song or music, fixed periods of the day,
or those of getting up and of repose, &c.

2. A beggar, a solicitor.
E. arthi a rich man, and ka from kai to call or sound.

Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

☞ p. 48, col. 2.

arthika arthika m. domestique chargé d'éveiller son maître.

Solliciteur.

Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

☞ p. 81, col. 1.

arthika- a. qui se sert de; qui a besoin de.

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 1, p. 438.

arthika (von artha) m. ein Barde, der das Amt hat den Fürsten zu wecken, H. 794.

☞ vol. 5, p. 1048.

árthika adj. (f. ī) UJJVAL. zu UṆĀDIS. 2, 4 (angeblich nach gaṇa parpādi zu P. 4, 4, 10). = arthin Etwas bedürfend, brauchend: nārthiko 'rthinamabhyeti MBH. 1, 5619. begehrend nach: kanyārthika Spr. 2188.

☞ vol. 7, p. 1702.

arthika (vgl. Nachträge) PAT. a. a. O. 5,53,b.

Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

☞ vol. 1, p. 112, col. 2.

arthika

— 1) Adj. der Etwas braucht Spr. 3648. kanyārthika den es nach einer Jungfrau gelüstet 4833.

— 2) *m. ein den Fürsten weckender Barde.

Vācaspatyam

☞ p. 372, col. 2.

arthika pu0 arthayate ityarthī yācakaḥ kutsitārthī kan .
nidrāgatanṛpāderjāgaraṇārthaṃ niyukte stutipāṭhakādau .

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

☞ p. 67, col. 1.

arthika (Pali atthika; very rare in Skt., see BR

5.1048, and pw s.v.; essentially a Buddhist word; cf.

anarthika), (1) desirous (of, instr. or in comp.): with

instr., LV 111.13 (kāmaguṇebhir); 242.2 (id.); Mv i.327.2

(tehi bhājanehi); ii.354.2, and 355.1, 3 (buddhajñānena);

ii.426.8 (striyāya arthiko, wanting a woman); iii.391.14

ahaṃ tvayā arthiko, 15 ahaṃ tvayā arthikā, I am in

love with you, I want you; Divy 616.8 arthikāsi…Ānan-

dena, are you in love with Ā.?; Divy 345.7 (puṇyena);

RP 19.7 (buddhajñānena); Śikṣ 38.1 (kaḥ puruṣenārthikaḥ,

who wants a man?); 342.20; in comp., LV 139.22 (na…)

kulārthiko na gotrārthiko, guṇārthika eva; 179.10 dhar-

mārthiko, 431.22 sarvarasārthikebhyaś; Mv ii.121.8

jyotiarthiko jyotigaveṣī; ii.124.1 prahāṇārthikasya (with

v.l., see prahāṇa 1; Pali padhānatthikassa MN i.167.6);

ii.183.5 and 238.16 puṇyārthika; as subst., petitioner,

RP 17.1; aiming at (in comp.), vighātārthika aiming at

prevention (of evil), Bbh 114.5, 14, etc. (common in Bbh,

see Wogihara's Index); (2) ep. of a Buddha, or in the

first passage of the Bodhisattva at the moment of his

attaining Buddhahood; this usage seems unknown in

Pali and I have not seen it noted previously; perhaps it

means in possession of, having attained (his proper, i.e.

the supreme religious) aim: Mv ii.284.19 (in a long list of

epithets of the Enlightened One); Mv iii.63.10 alam

arthikasya aprasādena, away with disbelief in the One

(Buddha) who has attained the goal! (see s.v. aprasāda;

misunderstood by Senart); (3) see pratyarthika.