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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मिथ्याmithyāind.Falsely, deceitfully, wrongly, incorrectly; oft. with the force of an adjective; मणौ महानील इति…

    [मिथ्-क्यप्]

    1. Falsely, deceitfully, wrongly, incorrectly; Often times with the force of an adjective; मणौ महानील इति प्रभावादल्पप्रमाणेऽपि यथा न मिथ्या R.18.42; यदुवाच न तन्मिथ्या 17.42; मिथ्यैव व्यसनं वदन्ति मृगयामीदृग्विनोदः कुतः Ś.2.5.
    2. Invertedly, contrarily.
    3. To no purpose, in vain, fruitlessly; मिथ्या कारयते चारैर्घोषणां राक्षसाधिपः Bk.8.44; मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति Bg.18.59. (मिथ्या वद्-वच् to tell a falsehood, lie. मिथ्या कृ
    4. to falsify.
    5. to contradict. मिथ्या भू to turn out false, be false. मिथ्या ग्रह् to misunderstand, mistake.) At the beginning of comp. मिथ्या may be translated by 'false, untrue, unreal, sham, pretended, feigned' etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अध्यवसितिः Feminine a figure of speech, an expression of the impossibility of a thing by making it depend upon an impossible contingency; किंचिन्मिथ्यात्वसिद्ध्यर्थं मिथ्या- र्थान्तरकल्पनम् । मिथ्याध्यवसितिर्वेश्यां वशयेत् खस्रजं वहन् ॥ Kuval.

    • -अपवादः a false charge.

    • -अभिधानम् a false assertion.

    • -अभियोगः a false or groundless charge.

    • -अभिशंसनम् calumny, false accusation.

    • -अभिशापः

      1. a false prediction.
      2. a false or unjust claim.
    • -आचार

      1. Adjective
      2. acting falsely.
      3. hypocritical.
      4. (रः) wrong treatment (in medic.).
      5. wrong or improper conduct.
      6. a rogue, hypocrite; इन्द्रियार्थान् विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते Bg.3.6.
    • -आहारः wrong diet.

    • -उत्तरम् a false or prevaricating reply.

    • -उपचारः

      1. pretended kindness or service; मिथ्योपचारैश्च वशीकृतानां किमर्थिनां वञ्चयितव्यमस्ति H.
      2. (in medic.) a wrong treatment of a malady.
    • -कर्मन् Neuter a false act.

    • -कारुणिक Adjective pretending to be kind; मिथ्याकारुणिकोऽसि निर्घृणतरस्त्वत्तः कुतोऽन्यः पुमान् Pt. 5.14.

    • -क्रोपः, -क्रोधः feigned anger.

    • -क्रयः a false price.

    • -ग्रहः useless obstinacy or persistence.

    • -ग्रहः ग्रहणम् misconception, misunderstanding.

    • -चतुर्विधम् four types of lying; मिथ्यैतन्नाभिजानामि तदा तत्र न संनिधिः । अजातश्चास्मि तत्काटे इति मिथ्याचतुर्विधम् ॥ -चर्या hypocrisy.

    • -जल्पितम् a false report or speech.

    • -ज्ञानम् a mistake, error, misapprehension.

    • -दर्शनम् heresy.

    • -दृष्टिः Feminine heresy, holding heretic or atheistic doctrines.

    • -निरसनम् denial by oath.

    • -पण्डित Adjective educated or learned only in appearance.

    • -पुरुषः a man only in appearance.

    • -प्रतिज्ञ Adjective false to one's promise, perfidious.

    • -प्रत्ययः an erroneous perception; यो हि जनित्वा प्रध्वंसते नैतदेवमिति स मिथ्याप्रत्ययः ŚB. on MS.1.1.2.

    • -फलम् an imaginary advantage.

    • -मतिः Feminine delusion, mistake, errror.

    • -योगः wrong use or application.

    • -लिङ्गधर Adjective being anything only in appearance.

    • -वचनम्, -वाक्यम्, -वादः an untrue speech, a falsehood, lie.

    • -वाक्, -वादिन् Adjective lying, false, untruthful; मिथ्यावादिनि दूति ...... K. Parasmaipada

    • -वार्ता a false report.

    • -व्यापारः meddling with another's affairs.

    • -वृत्त Adjective of vicious conduct; उद्योगं तव संप्रेक्ष्य मिध्यावृत्तं च रावणम् Rām.6.17.66.

    • -साक्षिन् Masculine a false witness.

    In the Gita18·59

    मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥

    mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṁ niyokṣyati. — Vain is this thy resolve, that in thy egoism thou thinkest, saying “I will not fight”; thy nature shall appoint thee to thy work. 18·59
    • मिथ्याmithyāindeclinable (false, untrue, incorrectly, wrongly, improperly).
  2. अमिथ्याamithyāadv.Not falsely, truly, तामूचेतुस्त प्रियमप्य- मिथ्या R.14.6.

    Not falsely, truly, तामूचेतुस्त प्रियमप्य- मिथ्या R.14.6.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मिथ्याmithyā[mithyấ] in. ad. [later form of mithuyâ] wrongly, incorrectly; falsely, untruly, deceit fully; not in…

    [mithyấ] instrumental adverb, -ial, -ially [later form of mithuyâ] wrongly, incorrectly; falsely, untruly, deceit fully; not in reality, only in appearance; to no purpose, fruitlessly, in vain: -kri, act wrongly; break (one's word: with na, keep --); deny; -brû, -vak, -vad, state falsely, lie, feign; -bhû, turn out or prove false; -pra vrit, behave in an unseemly manner towards (locative).

  2. अमिथ्याamithyā[a-mithyâ] ad. not falsely, truly.

    [a-mithyâ] adverb, -ial, -ially not falsely, truly.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मिथ्याmithyāind. (contracted from मिथूय्/आ) invertedly, contrarily, incorrectly, wrongly, improperly S3Br. &c. &c. (with…
    1. indeclinable (contracted from मिथूय्/आ) invertedly, contrarily, incorrectly, wrongly, improperly S3Br. etc. etc. (with Causal, of √कृ, to pronounce a word wrongly "once" [Parasmaipada] or "repeatedly" [Atmane-pada] Pa1n2. 1-3, 71; with प्र-√चर्, to act wrongly Mn. ix, 284; with प्र-√वृत्, to behave improperly MBh. iii, 2414); falsely, deceitfully, untruly Mn. MBh. etc. (often with √ब्रू, वच् or वद्, to speak falsely, utter a lie; with √कृ, to deny MBh.; to break one's word, with न-√कृ, to keep it) R.; with √भू, to turn out or prove false MBh.; not in reality, only apparently Madhus.; to no purpose, fruitlessly, in vain MaitrUp. MBh. etc. (in the beginning of a compound often Equivalent to false, untrue, sham; Mithya1 मिथ्या is personified as the wife of A-dharma अ-धर्म KalkiP.)
    2. etc. see column l.
    3. (in compound)
  2. अमिथ्याamithyāind. not falsely, truthfully Ragh.

    indeclinable not falsely, truthfully Ragh.

  3. अमिथ्याकृamithyākṛto make true, confirm, MBh.

    to make true, confirm, MBh.

  4. पञ्चमिथ्यात्वटीकाpañcamithyātvaṭīkāf. N. of wk.

    feminine Name of work

  5. प्रपञ्चमिथ्यात्वprapañcamithyātvan. the unreality of the visible world

    neuter gender the unreality of the visible world

  6. प्रपञ्चमिथ्यात्वानुमानprapañcamithyātvānumānan. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work