Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

parārtha परार्थ – serving another; intended for another

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

serving another; intended for another

Derived from

  1. para पर adjective — higher; beyond; other; supreme; intent on
  2. artha अर्थ substantive masculine — purpose; object; thing; meaning; goal
Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

parārtha1 ·m. highest (or another's) advantage, interest, business, or matter. °--, acc. & loc. adv. for another's sake, for others.

Original text · English · adjective

parārtha2 ·a. having another object, dependent on another person or thing.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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—Parārtha (˚ra- ar˚), as, m. the highest advantage or interest; the chief meaning or importance; the highest object (euphemistic expression for sexual intercourse); the profit or interest of another; (am or e), ind. for the sake of another, for the good of another; (as, ā, am), having another object or meaning; designed for another, done for another.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

parārtha parārtha, parārdha, parārdhya. See p. 534, col. 3.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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2. parārtha (wie eben) adj. ein Anderes zum Zwecke habend, um eines Andern willen geschehend, durch Anderes bedingt ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 13,14,4. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,6,15. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,3,23. KĀTY. ŚR. 12,1,14. SĀṂKHYAK. 56. Davon nom. abstr. ˚tva n. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,6,6. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,6,10. KAP. 1,67. KAP. 1,141. SĀṂKHYAK. 17. JAIM. 1,18. TATTVAS. 43. parārthakatva n. dass. TARKAS. 43,20.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. parārtha (para + artha) m. 1〉 der hohe Vortheil, die grosse Bedeutung: teṣāṃ (lokānāṃ) parārthaṃ kathayantīha vedāḥ MBH. 5,1592. — 2〉 eines Andern Sache, — Nutzen: svārtho yasya parārtha eva sa pumānekaḥ satāmagraṇīḥ Spr. 794. parārthekṣin Spr. 1212. parārtham für einen Andern, für Andere MBH. 3,2142. KAP. 3,58. HIT. I, 148. parārthe dass. M. 8,169. MBH. 3,2175. Spr. 1297. BHARTṚ. 2,59. parārthaikaphalā guṇāḥ RAGH. 1,29. — 3〉 die höchste Angelegenheit, euphem. Ausdruck für den Beischlaf: sṛṣṭā mūtrapurīṣārthamāhārāya ca kevalam . dharmahīnāḥ parārthāya puruṣāḥ paśavo yathā .. PAÑCAT. III, 101. parārthaṃ gaccha ŚUK. in LA. 43,16. LASSEN verweist auf anyārthaṃgatayoḥ GĪT. 5,18; wenn anyārtha dasselbe bedeuten sollte, würde unsere Erklärung (die höchste Angelegenheit) schwankend werden. — parārtha VID. 65 fehlerhaft für padārtha.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. parārtha 2〉 santaḥ parārthaṃ kurvāṇāḥ Spr. 387. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 231,a,8. fgg. — 3〉 parārtham ŚUK. in LA. 43,16 ist wohl als adv. mit kautukam zu verbinden, wenn du neugierig bist in Bezug auf das Fernere; GILDEMEISTER u. para in LA. (II): parārthaṃ LA. 36,19. nil est nisi: aliud illud, quod tibi in mente est, quo accuratius designando supersedet. — 4〉 eine zweite Bedeutung; s. oben u. 2. amata.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

2. parārtha Adj. ein Anderes zum Zweck habend, um eines Andern willen geschehend, für Andere daseiend, durch Anderes bedingt. Nom. abstr. ˚tā [Page4-035-b] f. (MAHĀVĪRAC. 10,6) und ˚tva n.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. parārtha m. — 1〉 der hohe Vortheil, die grosse Bedeutung. — 2〉 eines Andern Sache, — Angelegenheit, — Nutzen. — 3〉 euphem. so v. a. Beischlaf. — 4〉 parārtham, ˚rthe und ˚rtha˚ für Andere. — 5〉 parārtham in Bezug auf das Fernere. — Wird mit padārtha verwechselt.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. parārtha m. höchster Vorteil, fremde Angelegenheit; °—, Acc. u. Loc. adv. um eines anderen willen, für andere.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

parārthá m. die fernere, jenseitige, spätere Hälfte; die größte Zahl (auch n.).

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. parārtha für andere o. für einen anderen Zweck geschehend. Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.

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PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 4.22-24: Citta as Mirror 1 occurrence

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