Arthavasha, Arthavaśa, Artha-vasha: 4 definitions
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Arthavasha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Arthavaśa can be transliterated into English as Arthavasa or Arthavasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Arthavaśa (अर्थवश).—power in the form of discrimination and knowledge. अर्थवशात् सप्तरूपविनिवृत्ताम् (arthavaśāt saptarūpavinivṛttām) Sāvk.65.
Derivable forms: arthavaśaḥ (अर्थवशः).
Arthavaśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms artha and vaśa (वश).
Arthavaśa (अर्थवश).—nt. (? = Pali attha-vasa, see Critical Pali Dictionary, ‘-vasa…little more than a suffix’; called masc. by Critical Pali Dictionary, but idam, kim, are used with it), reason, motive, purpose (virtually = artha): Lalitavistara 244.8 idam arthavaśam adhikṛtya; Mahāvastu iii.48.5 (kati), 10 (dve) arthavaśām, acc. pl.; kim- arthavaśam samanupaśyantī Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.84.19; 85.3 etc. (same phrase with kim-artham 84.15; Pali uses kim with atthavasaṃ).
Arthavaśa (अर्थवश):—[=artha-vaśa] [from artha] cause and effect, [Sukhāvatī-vyūha i]
Arthavaśa (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 義 [yì]: “object”.
2) 義利 [yì lì]: “benefit”.
Note: arthavaśa can be alternatively written as: artha-vaśa.
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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