nirarthaka निरर्थक – meaningless; useless

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nirarthaka ·a. purposeless, useless, unmeaning, nonsensical.

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Nir-arthaka, as, ā or ikā or akī (?), am, not fulfilling one's aim or object, purposeless, useless, vain, unprofitable; having no reasonable sense, unmeaning, nonsensical; a consonant which is not followed by a vowel; (am), ind. without a purpose, uselessly, in vain.

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nirarthaka (wie eben) 1〉 adj. seinen Zweck nicht erfüllend, — erreichend, unnütz, zwecklos, vergeblich AK. 3,2,31. AK. 4,32 (28 COLEBR.), 9. H. 1516. HĀLAY. 4,89. āgatā harayo hyatra gamiṣyanti nirarthakāḥ R. 5,9,26. prasādo niṣphalo yasya krodhaścāpi nirarthakaḥ MBH. 5,1114 = MBH. 5,1429. MBH. 5,1113. MBH. 2,1370. MBH. 4,410. MBH. 12,6883. fg. R. 1,58,22. R. 3,37,19. R. 3,59,13. R. 5,25,37. PAÑCAT. III, 265. HIT. Pr. 25. RĀJA-TAR. 3,184. VET. in LA. 20,16. BHĀG. P. 4,16,19. f. nirarthakā(!) R. 2,108,2 (R. 2,116,3 GORR.). nirarthakam adv. unnütz, ohne Zweck R. 3,35,21. BHARTṚ. 2,66. — 2〉 keinen vernünftigen Sinn habend, unsinnig H. 267. f. nirarthikā MBH. 3,12686. MBH. 12,6737. MBH. 13,2195. nirarthakā(!) MĀRK. P. 26,18. MĀRK. P. 26,22. — 3〉 = nirartha ?4. Schol. zu VS. PRĀT. 4,114.

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nirarthaka 1〉 PRATĀPAR. 61,a,4. nirarthakam adv. Spr. 4594. R. 7,39,4. Z. 6. fg. die ed. Bomb. des R. liest R. 2,108,2 richtig nirarthikā. — 2〉 n. (sc. nigrahasthāna) eine sinnlose Einwendung (in einer Disputation) NYĀYAS. 5,2,8. SARVADARŚANAS. 114,14.

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nirarthaka — 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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nirarthaka = vor.; n. adv. — Abstr. ˚tva n.

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nirarthaka nirarthaka a. (artha) vain, sans valeur; sans signification.