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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Ānarthakya (आनर्थक्य).—Absence of any utility; superfluity; absence of any object or purpose; cf. स्थानिवद्वचनानर्थक्यं शास्त्रा-सिद्धत्वात् । (sthānivadvacanānarthakyaṃ śāstrā-siddhatvāt |) M. Bh. on P.VI.1.86 Vārt. 5 cf. also P.VI.1.158 Vārt. 4; VI.1.161 Vārt. 1, VI.1.166 Vārt. 1, VI.1.167 Vārt. 3.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ānarthakya (आनर्थक्य).—n S Want of meaning, nonsense. 2 Unprofitableness, unavailingness, abortiveness.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ānarthakya (आनर्थक्य).—n Absence of sense, nonsense. Abortiveness.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ānarthakya (आनर्थक्य).—[anarthasya bhāvaḥ ṣyañ]

1) Uselessness, unprofitableness; श्रुत्यानर्थक्यमिति चेत् (śrutyānarthakyamiti cet) Kāty.; आम्नायस्य क्रियार्थत्वा- दानर्थक्यमतदर्थानाम् (āmnāyasya kriyārthatvā- dānarthakyamatadarthānām) Jaimini S.

2) Unfitness, impropriety.

Derivable forms: ānarthakyam (आनर्थक्यम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ānarthakya (आनर्थक्य).—n.

(-kyaṃ) 1. Unfitness, impropriety. 2. Uselessness, unprofitableness. E. anartha unprofitable, ṣyañ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ānarthakya (आनर्थक्य):—n. ([from] an-arthaka), uselessness, unprofitableness, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Pāṇini] etc.

2) unfitness, impropriety, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ānarthakya (आनर्थक्य):—[āna+rthakya] (kyaṃ) 1. n. Uselessness.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anarthakya in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anarthakya (ಅನರ್ಥಕ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] an useless effort.

2) [noun] an undertaking or a work, that brings danger or loss.

3) [noun] the state or quality of being useless.

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Ānarthakya (ಆನರ್ಥಕ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] absence of meaning; meaninglessness.

2) [noun] the quality of being useless; uselessness; unprofitableness.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Ends with: Shrutyanarthakya.

Full-text: Shrutyanarthakya.

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