anartha अनर्थ – misfortune; calamity; harm

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anartha ·a. useless, fruitless, unhappy, unlucky, meaningless, nonsensical (also °ka); m. non-advantage, disadvantage, damage, ill-luck, nonsense.

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anartha an-artha, as, m. non-value; a worth- less or useless object; disappointing occurrence, reverse, evil; nonsense; (as, ā, am), worthless, useless; un- fortunate; having no meaning; having not that (but another) meaning; nonsensical.

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2. anartha (wie eben) adj. 1〉 unnütz PAÑCAT. 248,6. — 2〉 unglücklich: śokārttānāmanarthānāmevaṃ naḥ paridhāvatām R. 3,75,40. — 3〉 Unheil bringend: so 'yaṃ mūlaharo 'narthaḥ sarveṣām R. 6,21,15.

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1. anartha (3. a + artha) m. 1〉 Ungehöriges, Unnützes NIR. 9,4. NIR. 10,34. — 2〉 Nachtheil, Schaden, Unheil: arthānarthāvubhau buddhvā M. 8,24. evaṃ niṣphalamārabdhaṃ kevalānarthasaṃhitam DAŚ. 1,28. R. 2,9,29. R. 2,12,52. R. 2,9,97. mahāntamanarthaṃ prāpsyasi PAÑCAT. 162,8. tanme mahānanarthaḥ syāt PAÑCAT. 226,12. anarthārthamāgatām zum Unheil gekommen R. 3,27,1. arnathubaddhi adj. R. 1,2,32. anarthabuddhitva (Gegens. guṇasaṃskāra) R. 5,85,5. ekaikamapyanarthāya kimu yatra catuṣṭayam HIT. Pr. 10. dāturbhavatyanarthāya M. 4,193. R. 2,12,8. rāvaṇānarthamicchataḥ R. 5,9,40. dvāvanarthau niṣevate PAÑCAT. I, 379. mamānarthadvayametatsaṃjātam PAÑCAT. 225,16. yojayeyamanarthaiśca R. 6,98,26. Das Sprichwort randhropanipātino 'narthāḥ (ŚĀK. 81,8.) oder chidreṣvanarthā bahulībhavanti (PAÑCAT. II, 187. PAÑCAT. II,246,1. HIT. I, 198.) ententspricht dem deutschen ein Unglück kommt nie allein.

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1. anartha 2〉 Spr. 3454. fg. arthadairanarthapratighātibhiḥ DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 181,1. anubaddhārthānarthasaṃśayān 2. ˚pañjara Spr. 1446 (Conj.). ˚paṇḍita sich auf Unheil verstehend d. i. Unheil zu stiften verstehend (oder zu 2. anartha 3.) 2352.

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2. anartha 4〉 bedeutungslos AV. PRĀT. 4,3.

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2. anartha Adj. — 1〉 unnütz. — 2〉 unglücklich. — 3〉 Unheil bringend. — 4〉 bedeutungslos.

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1. anartha m. — 1〉 Unnützes, Ungehöriges, Unsinn. — 2〉 Nachtheil, Schaden, Uebel Chr. 94,3. Chr. 163,19. Chr. 164,26.

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anartha a. [na. ba.] 1 Useless, worthless; śunaḥ pucchamivānarthaṃ pāṃḍityaṃ dharmavarjitaṃ Pt. 3. 97. 2 Unfortunate, unhappy. 3 Harmful, disastrous, bad; cittajñānānuvartino'narthā api priyāḥ syuḥ Dk. 160; wicked (opp. dakṣiṇa). 4 Not having that meaning (but another); having no meaning, nonsensical, meaningless. 5 Poor. — rthaḥ [na. ta.] 1 ([Page 0058-c]) Non-use or value. 2 A worthless or useless object. 3 A reverse, evil, calamity, misfortune; R. 18. 14; raṃdhropanipātino 'narthāḥ Ś. 6; ekaikamapyanarthāya kimu tatra catuṣṭayaṃ H. 1; cf. chidreṣvanarthā bahulībhavaṃti &c.; Ms. 4. 193, H. 4. 92; harmful object, danger; arthamanarthaṃ bhāvaya nityaṃ Moha M. 2. 4 Nonsense, want of sense. 5 N. of Viṣṇu ( āptasarvakāmatvāttasya tathātvaṃ). Comp. — aṃtaraṃ [na arthāṃtaraṃ] sameness or identity. — kara a. (rī f.) 1 doing useless or unprofitable things. 2 mischievous, harmful; unprofitable, productive of evil. — nāśin m. N. of Śiva (destroyer of calamities). — bhāva a. malicious. — lupta a. [dṛṣṭārthena aluptaḥ] not devoid of the apparent meaning; free from all that is worthless. — saṃśayaḥ [anarthakārī saṃśayaḥ śāka. ta.] 1 a great evil, hazardous adventure; pratinivartatāmasmādanarthasaṃśayāt Māl. 5. 2. [na. ta.] not a risk of one's money; safety of one's wealth.

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anartha unnütz, unglücklich, bedeutungslos (auch ˚ka); m. Nachteil, Schaden, Unglück, Unsinn.

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anartha anartha a. (artha) vain, inutile, infructueux. — S. m. infortune, malheur. anarthaka a. malheureux; privé de signitication; sans efficacité.