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Results for असमर्थ

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. असमर्थasamarthaa.Not able or competent; अभ्यासेऽ- प्यसमर्थोऽसि Bg.12.1. - Weak, feeble.
    1. Not able or competent; अभ्यासेऽ- प्यसमर्थोऽसि Bg.12.1. - Weak, feeble.
    2. (In Rhet.) Powerless to convey the intended meaning, a defect of a word; यत्तदर्थं पठ्यते न च तत्रास्य शक्तिः तदसमर्थत्वम् K.Parasmaipada7;Exempli gratia, for example in कुञ्जं हन्ति कृशोदरी; इन्, though read in root-books in the sense of 'going', is here powerless to convey that meaning.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -समासः a compound in which the conjunction of words is not as it should be; Exempli gratia, for example in अश्राद्धभोजिन्, असूर्यंपश्य, अ goes not with श्राद्ध or सूर्य but with भोजिन् or पश्य; Mbh. on ParasmaipadaI.1.43.

    In the Gita12·10

    अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव ।

    abhyāse'pyasamartho'si matkarmaparamo bhava, — If thou art unable even to seek by practice, then be it thy supreme aim to do My work; doing all actions for My sake, thou shalt attain perfection. 12·10
    • असमर्थःasamarthaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the compound adjective asamartha (unable).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. असमर्थasamartha[a-samartha] a. incapable (of, inf., d., lc., --˚); -tva, n. inability.

    [a-samartha] adjective incapable (of, infinitive, dative, locative, --˚); -tva, neuter inability.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. असमर्थasamarthamf(आ)n. unable to (Inf. dat. loc., or in comp.)
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender unable to (Inf. dative case locative case, or in compound)
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender not having the intended meaning Kpr.
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  2. असमर्थत्वasamarthatvan. incapability of (in comp.) Ra1jat.

    neuter gender incapability of (in compound) Ra1jat.

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