अपार्थक (apArthaka)
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Spoken Sanskrit
English अपार्थक apArthaka useless
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Goldstucker
Englishअपार्थक Bahuvr. 1. m. f. n. (-र्थकः-र्थिका-र्थकम्) The same as
अपार्थ
^1 Purposeless, useless.
^2 Disinterested, without a
selfish motive
e. g. in the Sāṅkhyakār. नानाविधैरुपायैरु-
पकारिण्यनुपकारिणः पुंसः । गुणवत्यगुणस्य सतस्तस्यार्थमपार्थकं
चरति (scil. प्रकृतिः).
^3 Meaningless
e. g. in the Kāśikā on
Pāṇ. VII. 2. 58. ततः परस्मैपदेष्विति नियमार्थः । स च नियमो
यद्यविशेषेण स्यात्पूर्वो योगोऽपार्थकः स्यात्.
2. n. (-कम्) (In the Nyāya philos.) One of the twenty-
two निग्रहस्थान or failures in argument which lead to defeat
in controversy
viz. speech which is incoherent from want
of a causal nexus between what precedes and follows, al-
though the single sentences or words, may give a sense,
if taken individually
(it is different therefore from the नि-
ग्रहस्थान which is called निरर्थक q. v.)
‘पौर्वापर्यायोगाद-
प्रतिसंबद्धार्थमपार्थकम्’. E. अप and अर्थ, samās. aff. कप्.
Apte Hindi
Hindiअपार्थक
"वि*, ब* स*" - -
"व्यर्थ, अलाभकर, निकम्मा"
अपार्थक
"वि*, ब* स*" - -
"निरर्थक, अर्थहीन "
Abhyankara Grammar
Englishअपार्थक without any purpose or object, useless
cf. ततोनिष्टादर्शनादपार्थक- मेतत् Nyāsa on P.I.4.80.
Wordnet
Sanskrit अनावश्यक, निरर्थक, व्यर्थ, अनुपयोगिन्, अपार्थक
यः उपयोगी नास्ति अथ वा यस्य उपयोगः नास्ति।
"एतद् वस्तु भवदर्थे अनावश्यकं वर्तते।"
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