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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अनर्थ

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनर्थanarthaa.Useless, worthless; शुनः पुच्छमिवानर्थं पाण्डित्यं धर्मवर्जितम् Pt.3.97.

    [न. ब.]

    1. Useless, worthless; शुनः पुच्छमिवानर्थं पाण्डित्यं धर्मवर्जितम् Pt.3.97.
    2. Unfortunate, unhappy.
    3. Harmful, disastrous, bad; चित्तज्ञानानुवर्तिनोऽनर्था अपि प्रियाः स्युः Dk.16; wicked (Opposite of दक्षिण).
    4. Not having that meaning (but another); having no meaning, nonsensical, meaningless.
    5. Poor.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -र्थः

      1. न. त.
      2. Nonuse or value.
      3. A worthless or useless object.
      4. A reverse, evil, calamity, misfortune; R.18.14; रन्ध्रोपनिपातिनोऽनर्थाः Ś.6; एकैकमप्यनर्थाय किमु यत्र चतुष्टयम् H.1; Compare छिद्रेष्वनर्था बहुलीभवन्ति etc.; Ms.4.193, H.4.92; harmful object, danger; अर्थमनर्थं भावय नित्यम् Moha. M.2.
      5. Nonsense, want of sense.
      6. Name of Viṣṇu (आप्तसर्व- कामत्वात्तस्य तथात्वम्).

    • -अन्तरम् न अर्थान्तरम् sameness or identity. Compare आरम्भो व्यापारः क्रियेत्यनर्थान्तरम् ŚB. on MS.11.1.1.

    • -कर

      1. Adjective (-री Feminine)
      2. doing useless or unprofitable things.
      3. mischievous, harmful; unprofitable, productive of evil.

    • -नाशिन् Masculine Name of Śiva (destroyer of calamities).

    • -भाव a malicious.

    • -लुप्त Adjective दृष्टार्थेन अलुप्तः not devoid of the apparent meaning; free from all that is worthless.

    • -संशयः

      1. अनर्थकारी संशयः शाक. त.
      2. a great evil, hazardous adventure; प्रतिनिवर्त- तामस्मादनर्थसंशयात् Māl.5.2. न. त. not a risk of one's money; safety of one's wealth,
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनर्थanartham. non-value, a worthless or useless object
    1. masculine gender non-value, a worthless or useless object
    2. masculine gender disappointing occurrence, reverse, evil
    3. masculine gender nonsense
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective worthless, useless, bad
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unfortunate
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having no meaning
    7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having not that (but another) meaning
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective nonsensical.
    9. (in compound)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अनर्थanartha[an-artha] m. disadvantage; damage, misfortune; nonsense; a. useless; unfortunate; meaningless: -ka, a. id.…

    [an-artha] masculine disadvantage; damage, misfortune; nonsense; adjective useless; unfortunate; meaningless: -ka, adjective the same; -kara, adjective useless, unprofitable; -gña, adjective not knowing the sense; -pandita, adjective skilled in mischief; - ͜ antara, neuter no other (i. e. the same) meaning.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · अनर्थ

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