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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 10, col. 1.
    atītārtha (= Pali atītattha, atīta-m-attha), having

    missed one's aim, object, or profit: (na…) nirvṛtāḥ puru-

    ṣaśreṣṭhā atītārthe (so all mss.; n. pl.; or loc. abs., when

    their aim is missed?) jinātmajā Mv i.122.18 (vs), Buddhas

    and Bodhisattvas never die leaving uncompleted their aims.