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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāryyārtha (कार्य्यार्थ) or Kāryārtha.—m.
(-rthaḥ) 1. An object or purpose. 2. Application for employment, n. or ad.
(-rthaṃ) 1. For the sake of any particular object. 2. To perform any work or duty. E. kārya, and artha object.
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: Karyyarthasiddhi.
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