Nirarthaka, Nir-arthaka: 18 definitions

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Nirarthaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Nirarthaka (निरर्थक):—(wie eben)

1) adj. seinen Zweck nicht erfüllend, erreichend, unnütz, zwecklos, vergeblich [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 31. 4, 32 (28] [COLEBR.][?), 9. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1516. HĀLAY. 4, 89.] āgatā harayo hyatra gamiṣyanti nirarthakāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 9, 26.] prasādo niṣphalo yasya krodhaścāpi nirarthakaḥ [Mahābhārata 5, 1114] [?= 1429. 1113. 2, 1370. 4, 410. 12, 6883. fg. Rāmāyaṇa 1, 58, 22. 3, 37, 19. 59, 13. 5, 25, 37. Pañcatantra III, 265. Prooemium im Hitopadeśa 25. Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 184. Vetālapañcaviṃśati in Lassen’s Anthologie 20, 16. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 16, 19.] f. nirarthakā(!) [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 108, 2 (116, 3 Gorresio).] nirarthakam adv. unnütz, ohne Zweck [3, 35, 21.] [Bhartṛhari 2, 66.] —

2) keinen vernünftigen Sinn habend, unsinnig [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 267.] f. nirarthikā [Mahābhārata 3, 12686. 12, 6737. 13, 2195.] nirarthakā(!) [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 26, 18. 22.] —

3) = nirartha [?4. Scholiast zu Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 4, 114.]

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Nirarthaka (निरर्थक):—

1) [PRATĀPAR. 61,a,4.] nirarthakam adv. [Spr. 4594.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 39, 4. Z. 6. fg.] die ed. Bomb. des [Rāmāyaṇa] liest [2, 108, 2] richtig nirarthikā . —

2) n. (sc. nigrahasthāna) eine sinnlose Einwendung (in einer Disputation) [NYĀYAS. 5, 2, 8.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 114, 14.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Nirarthaka (निरर्थक):——

1) Adj. (F. rthikā ; nirarthakā fehlerhaft) — a) seinen Zweck erfüllend , — erreichend , unnütz , zwecklos , vergeblich m Adv. ohne Zweck , unnütz. — b) sinnlos , unsinnig. — c) = nirartha 4). —

2) n. eine sinnlose Einwendung (in einer Disputation).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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