Ashabdartha, Aśabdārtha, Ashabda-artha: 1 definition

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Ashabdartha 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 Aśabdārtha can be transliterated into English as Asabdartha or Ashabdartha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Ashabdartha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśabdārtha (अशब्दार्थ).—(a) sense not expressed by the word; अशब्दार्थो हि तदा आश्रीयेत (aśabdārtho hi tadā āśrīyeta) | ŚB. on MS.6.4.33. also न आनर्थक्यमापततीति अशब्दार्थः कल्पनीयः (na ānarthakyamāpatatīti aśabdārthaḥ kalpanīyaḥ) | ŚB. of MS.1.5.56. (b) That which is not the direct signification of a word; अशब्दार्थोऽपि हि प्रतीयते (aśabdārtho'pi hi pratīyate) | ŚB. on MS.4.1.14..

Derivable forms: aśabdārthaḥ (अशब्दार्थः).

Aśabdārtha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśabda and artha (अर्थ).

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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.

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