vṛthā वृथा – vainly; uselessly

Original text · English · adverb

vṛ́thā ·adv. at will, at pleasure; freely, gaily, at random; in vain, for nothing, falsely, wrongly (often °--).

Original text · English · particle

vṛthā vṛthā, ind. (said to be fr. rt. vṛ; according to some for vara-thā), without trouble, (in Ṛg-veda IX. 76, 1 = an-āyāsena); without pain, without difficulty, with ease, easily (Ved.); without necessity, unnecessarily, uselessly, fruitlessly, in vain; unprofitably; foolishly, idly, wantonly, falsely; wrongly, incorrectly; vain, purposeless, use- less, fruitless; (if compounded with articles of food, vṛthā is said to mean ‘hot’); [cf. Gr. ῥεῖα, βρᾶ, ῥᾷ, ῥάῐστος, ῥᾴδιος, &c.]

Original text · German · adverb

vṛ́thā (wie eben) adv. gaṇa svarādi zu P. 1,1,37. 1〉 zufällig, nach Belieben; ohne Weiteres, wie sichʼs fügt; lustig: ā śye̱nāso̱ na pa̱kṣiṇo̱ vṛthā̀ naro ha̱vyā nò vī̱tayè gata ṚV. 8,20,10. ṚV. 1,58,4. ṚV. 1,63,7. ṚV. 1,88,6. udàpaṃptannaru̱ṇā bhā̱navo̱ vṛthā̀ ṚV. 92,2. ṚV. 140,5. ava̱ svayùktā di̱va ā vṛthā̀ yayuḥ ṚV. 1,168,4. vṛthā̀sṛjatpa̱thibhìḥ (nadīḥ) ṚV. 2,15,3. sūryàstapati tapya̱turvṛthā̀ ṚV. 2,24,9. ni ye ri̱ṇantyojàsā̱ vṛthā̱ gāvo̱ na du̱rdhuràḥ ṚV. 5,56,4. AV. 20,127,5. ṚV. 6,12,5. vṛthā̀ pa̱vitrè arṣati ṚV. 9,16,7. ṚV. 9,30,1. ṚV. 9,64,17. ṚV. 9,88,6. a̱gnerìva bhra̱mā vṛthā̀ ṚV. 9,22,2. vṛthā̱ pājā̀ṃsi kṛṇute na̱dīṣvā ṚV. 76,1. ṚV. 88,5. ṚV. 109,21. vṛthā̱ krīḻànta̱ indàvaḥ ṚV. 21,3. ṚV. 97,9. ṚV. 10,26,7. ṚV. 61,24. ṚV. 93,13. tānye̱ke vṛthai̱vāpā̀syanti werfen sie ohne Weiteres weg TBR. 3,3,2,2. ṢAḌV. BR. 3,1. vṛthodakā́ni das nächste beste Wasser ŚAT. BR. 9,4,3,9. ˚māṃsá das erste beste Fleisch, nicht näher geprüftes und als der Vorschrift entsprechend befundenes —, nicht nach der Vorschrift behandeltes —, nur zum eigenen Genuss dienendes Fleisch ŚAT. BR. 11,7,1,2. M. 4,213. M. 5,34. YĀJÑ. 1,167. MBH. 1,6032. MĀRK. P. 34,56. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 281,b,35. ˚pakva GOBH. 2,9,3. ˚pākānnabhakṣaṇaprāyaścitta Verz. d. Oxf. H. 281,b,34. ˚kṛsarasaṃyāva M. 5,7. YĀJÑ. 1,173. ˚paśughna nur zu seiner Befriedigung ohne Berücksichtigung der Götter M. 5,38. vṛthā = avidhau AK. 3,4,32 (28), 9. H. an. 7,29. — 2〉 unnützer Weise, für Nichts und wieder Nichts, vergebens, umsonst AK. 3,4,32 (28), 9. AK. 3,3,5,4. H. 1534. H. an. MED. avy. 37. sa nāya̱juṣkàmabhi̱vāsyàḥ . vṛthèva syāt TBR. 3,2,8,8. tenāsya tadvṛthānnaṃ saṃpadyate KAUŚ. 68. na kurvīta vṛthā ceṣṭām M. 4,63. M. 8,111. MBH. 1,6032. MBH. 3,15551. MBH. 13,13354. R. GORR. 2,6,12. laṅghanaṃ ca samudrasya kathaṃ tu (wohl nu zu lesen) na vṛthā bhavet R. GORR. 5,9,39. vṛthā jāto mama śramaḥ R. GORR. 2,15,1. RAGH. 2,34. RAGH. 5,56. RAGH. 12,81. ŚĀK. 72,10. ŚĀK. 72,172. ŚĀK. 72,ad 54. ŚIŚ. 3,52. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,53. Spr. (II) 46. Spr. (II) 1446. Spr. (II) 2033. vṛthā vṛṣṭiḥ samudreṣu vṛthā tṛptasya bhojanam Spr. (I) 2890. Spr. 5031. KATHĀS. 22,200. BHĀG. P. 1,7,51. P. 8,1,8, Schol. SARVADARŚANAS. 70,7. saṃśrutya ca piturvākyaṃ na kartavyaṃ vṛthā für Nichts und wieder Nichts gesprochen haben, ein Wort unerfüllt lassen R. 2,21,41. R. 7,65,35. garjitena vṛthā kiṃ te katthitena ca MBH. 1,5995. vṛthā janma hyaputrasya MBH. 3,13353. vṛthā janmāni catvāri vṛthā dānāni ṣoḍaśa MBH. 3,13352. MBH. 3,13357. MĀRK. P. 121,10. ˚vāc GOBH. 3,5,11. ˚suta NIR. 11,4. vṛthokta MĀRK. P. 116,2. ˚jāta M. 5,89. Spr. 1868. vṛthotpanna M. 9,147. vṛthocchūna SĀH. D. 214,3. vṛthāṭyā M. 7,47. vṛthālambha M. 11,144. ˚cheda YĀJÑ. 3,276. ˚pāka MBH. 3,15552. ˚śrama PAÑCAT. 116,25. vṛthākāra Spr. 1261. yatra vṛthābhiniveśaḥ HALĀY. 4,99. ˚dāna M. 8,159. YĀJÑ. 2,47. am Anfange eines adj. comp.: ˚liṅgā hiṃsā MBH. 3,13059. ˚vādagatismṛti BHĀG. P. 3,5,14. vṛthodyama BHĀG. P. 30,13. teṣāṃ mātā ˚prajā MĀRK. P. 22,42. — 3〉 verkehrt, falsch, unrichtig, unwahr, mit Unrecht: vṛthā khalu mayā manasaḥ saṃtāpavṛddhirupekṣyate VIKR. 55,20. yatrādaṇḍyeṣvapāpeṣu daṇḍo yairdhriyate vṛthā BHĀG. P. 6,2,2. ˚rūpasamāvṛta HARIV. 11151. ˚mārgapradarśin KATHĀS. 34,202. vṛthābhimāna Spr. (II) 750. vṛthābhimānin, vṛthopadeśin, vṛthānuṣṭhāna WEBER, JYOT. 111. am Anfange eines adj. comp.: ˚mati MBH. 2,594. vṛthācāra MBH. 5,4149. ˚vrata HARIV. 11187.

Original text · German · adverb

vṛ́thā Adv. — 1〉 zufällig, nach Belieben; ohne Weiteres, wie sichʼs fügt, lustig. — 2〉 unnützer Weise, für Nichts und wieder Nichts, vergebens, umsonst. vākyaṃ vṛthā kar so v. a. ein Wort —, einen Rath unerfüllt lassen. — 3〉 verkehrt, falsch, unrichtig, unwahr, mit Unrecht.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vṛ́thā VI. Vgl. GELDNER, Vedische Studien 115. fgg. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Original text · English · particle

vṛthā ind. [vṛ-thāl kicca] 1 To no purpose, in vain, uselessly, unprofitably; often with the force an adjective; vyarthaṃ yatra kapīṃdrasakhyamapi me vīryaṃ harīṇāṃ vṛthā U. 3. 45; divaṃ yadi prārthayase vṛthā śramaḥ Ku. 5. 45. 2 Unnecessarily. 3 Foolishly, idly, wantonly. 4 Wrongly; improperly. (At the beginning of comp. vṛthā may be translated by ‘vain, useless, improper, false, idle’ &c.). Comp. — akṣyā strolling about idly, walking for pleasure. — ākāraḥ a false form, an empty show. — kathā idle talk. — janman n. unprofitable or vain birth. — dānaṃ a gift that may be revoked, or not made good if promised. — mati a. foolish-minded. — māṃsaṃ flesh not intended for the Gods or Manes. — vādin a. speaking falsely.

Original text · German · adverb

vṛ́thā Adv. nach Belieben, zufällig, umsonst, verkehrt, fälschlich, mit Unrecht.

Original text · French · adverb

vṛthā vṛthā adv. (sfx. thā) d'une manière cachée; en vain, inutilement. vṛthākula a. dont la famille est inconnue. vṛthādāna n. présent infructueux, dépense sans profit.