Yavadartha, Yāvadartha, Yavat-artha: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yāvadartha (यावदर्थ).—a. corresponding to requirement, as many as may be required to convey the meaning (said of words); न प्रीतियुक्ता यावदर्थाश्च लोके (na prītiyuktā yāvadarthāśca loke) Bhāg. 5.5.3; यावदर्थपदां वाचमेवमादाय माधवः विरराम (yāvadarthapadāṃ vācamevamādāya mādhavaḥ virarāma) Śiśupālavadha 2.13.

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Yāvadartha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yāvat and artha (अर्थ).

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

Yāvadartha (यावदर्थ).—[adjective] as much as necessary, corresponding to want; [neuter] [adverb]

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

1) Yāvadartha (यावदर्थ):—[=yāvad-artha] [from yāvad > yāvat] mfn. as many as necessary, corresponding to requirement, [Manu-smṛti; Śiśupāla-vadha; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] devoted to anything ([locative case]), as much as is nec°, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] [in the beginning of a compound] as much as may be useful, according to need. ([Bhāgavata-purāṇa])

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

Yāvadartha (यावदर्थ):—[yāvada+rtha] (rthaḥ-rthā-rthaṃ) a. Content with what one has. n. Propriety.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Yāvadartha (यावदर्थ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Yāvadaṭṭha.

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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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