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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विफलviphalaa.Fruitless, useless, vain, ineffectual, unprofitable; मम विफलमेतदनुरूपमपि यौवनम् Gīt.7; जगता वा विफलेन किं फलम्…
    1. Fruitless, useless, vain, ineffectual, unprofitable; मम विफलमेतदनुरूपमपि यौवनम् Gīt.7; जगता वा विफलेन किं फलम् R. G.; Śi.9.6; Ku.7.66; Me.7.
    2. Idle, unmeaning.
    3. Having no testicles.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ला Name of a plant (केतकी).

    • -लम् Fruitlessness, unprofitableness; नावमः कर्मकल्पोऽपि विफलायेश्वरार्पितः Bhāg.8.5.48.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विफलviphala[vi-phala] a. bearing no fruit (tree); fruitless, futile, vain; disappointed: -tâ, f., -tva, n. fruitlessness…

    [vi-phala] adjective bearing no fruit (tree); fruitless, futile, vain; disappointed: -tâ, feminine; also equal for, -tva, neuter fruitlessness, uselessness; -prerana, adjective flung in vain; -phala-ya, denominative Parasmaipada render fruitless, not allow any one (genitive), to (infinitive); -phala-srama, adjective exerting oneself in vain: -tva, neuter useless exertion; -phalî-kri, render useless, thwart; -phalî-bhavishnu, adjective be coming useless; -phalî-bhû, become useless.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विफलviphalasee s.v.
    1. see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender bearing no fruit (as a tree) Ka1v. VarBr2S.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender fruitless, useless, ineffectual, futile, vain, idle Ya1jn5. Hariv. etc.
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender having no testicles R.
    5. masculine gender Pandanus Odoratissimus Lexicographers
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  2. अविफलaviphalamfn. not fruitless or vain.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not fruitless or vain.

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  3. विफलताviphalatāf. fruitlessness, uselessness, unprofitableness Ka1v. Pan5cat.

    feminine fruitlessness, uselessness, unprofitableness Ka1v. Pan5cat.

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  4. विफलत्वviphalatvan. fruitlessness, uselessness, unprofitableness Ka1v. Pan5cat.

    neuter gender fruitlessness, uselessness, unprofitableness Ka1v. Pan5cat.

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  5. विफलप्रेरणviphalapreraṇamfn. flung in vain Hit.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective flung in vain Hit.

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  6. विफलयviphalayaNom. P. ˚यति, to render fruitless, frustrate, disappoint, prevent any one (gen.) from (inf.) Mudr.

    Nominal verb Parasmaipada that the rest of a word is to be suppliedयति, to render fruitless, frustrate, disappoint, prevent any one (genitive case) from (infinitive mood) Mudr.

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  7. विफलश्रमviphalaśramamfn. exerting one's self in vain (698092 -त्व n.), Ra1jat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective exerting one's self in vain (698092 -त्व neuter gender), Ra1jat.

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  8. विफलश्रमत्वviphalaśramatvan. 198092

    neuter gender 198092

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