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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Vaiyarthya (वैयर्थ्य).—Absence of any purpose or utility; the word is used many times in the case of a rule, or a word or two of it, in whose case वैयर्थ्य (vaiyarthya) or absence of utility is shown, and, with a view to prevent its being looked upon as a serious fault, something is deduced and the purpose is shown; cf सूत्रवैयर्थ्य-प्रसङ्गात् (sūtravaiyarthya-prasaṅgāt) and व्यर्थं सज्ज्ञापयति (vyarthaṃ sajjñāpayati) used in grammar treatises.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vaiyarthya (वैयर्थ्य).—n S Unprofitableness, unproductiveness, vainness.

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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

Vaiyarthya (वैयर्थ्य).—Uselessness, unproductiveness; सखे वैयर्थ्यमिव चक्षुषः (sakhe vaiyarthyamiva cakṣuṣaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 2.

Derivable forms: vaiyarthyam (वैयर्थ्यम्).

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

Vaiyarthya (वैयर्थ्य).—n.

(-rthyaṃ) Unprofitableness, uselessness. E. vyartha useless, ṣyañ aff.

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

Vaiyarthya (वैयर्थ्य).—i. e. vi-artha + ya, n. Uselessness, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 29, 18; unprofitableness.

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

Vaiyarthya (वैयर्थ्य).—[neuter] uselessness.

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

Vaiyarthya (वैयर्थ्य):—n. ([from] vy-artha) uselessness, [Vikramorvaśī; Taittirīya-prātiśākhya [Scholiast or Commentator]] etc.

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

Vaiyarthya (वैयर्थ्य):—(rthyaṃ) 1. n. Unprofitableness.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vaiyarthya in German

context information

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

Vaiyathrya (ವೈಯಥ್ರ್ಯ):—[noun] the quality or fact of being useless; uselessness.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vaiyarthyapatti.

Ends with: Visheshanadvayavaiyarthya, Visheshanatrayavaiyarthya.

Full-text: Visheshanatrayavaiyarthya, Visheshanadvayavaiyarthya, Jnapaka.

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