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अतीतार्थ (atItArtha)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
atītārtha (= Pali atītattha, atīta-m-attha), having missed oneʼs aim, object, or profit: (na …) nirvṛtāḥ puruṣaśreṣṭhā atītārthe (so all mss.
n. pl.
or loc. abs., when their aim is missed?) jinātmajā Mv 〔i.122.18〕 (vs), Buddhas and Bodhisattvas never die leaving uncompleted their aims.