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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApūrvārtha (अपूर्वार्थ):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-rthaḥ) 1) Something which has not existed before or is new (and which therefore requires an authoritative injunction, or vidhi, comp. apūrva I. 1. 2. 1. a. b.); e. g. in an Adhikaraṇa of Mādhava: upavītī hi devebhyaḥ purodañco dvayaṃ vidhiḥ . vādo vāsyānyatoprāpterapūrvārtho vidhīyate; comp. also Śaṅkara on the Vedānta Sūtra quoted s. v. apūrvatva (3.).
2) (In the Mīmāṃsā philosophy.) The same as apūrva I. 1. 2. 1.; e. g. Mādhava: sadasi bhakṣayantītyādīni vacanānyapūrvārthaṃ pratipādayanti. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-rthaḥ-rthā-rtham) (In the Mīmāṃsā philosophy.) Concerning or having for its object the apūrva I. 1. 2. 1.—apūrvārtham on account of the apūrva; e. g. in an Adhik. of Mādhava where it is opposed to the dravyārtha (comp. the remark s. v. apūrva I. 1. 2. 1.): yācñākrayāvabhāve sto vidyamāne pi vāgrimaḥ . dravyārthatvādapūrvārthaṃ kuryāttau dravyavānapi (in the comm…tasmātsatyapi dravye tadubhamamadṛṣṭārthaṃ kartavyam). E. apūrva and artha.
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.
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Starts with: Apurvarthalabdhi, Apurvarthatva.
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