ártha m. n. [in [RV. i]-[ix] only n.; in [RV. x], six times n. and thrice m.; in later Sanskṛt only m.] aim, purpose (very often artham, arthena, arthāya, and arthe ifc. or with gen. ‘for the sake of, on account of, in behalf of, for’)
cause, motive, reason, [Mn. ii, 213], &c.
advantage, use, utility (generally named with kāma and dharma See tri-varga; used in wishing well to another dat. or gen. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 73])
thing, object (said of the membrum virile, [ŚBr. xiv])
object of the senses, [VarBṛS.]
(hence) the number ‘five’, [Sūryas.]
substance, wealth, property, opulence, money
(hence in astron.) N. of the second mansion, the mansion of wealth (cf. dhana), [VarBṛS.]
personified as the son of Dharma and Buddhi, [BhP.]
affair, concern (Ved. often acc. ártham with √ i, or gam, to go to one's business, take up one's work, [RV.] &c.)
(in law) lawsuit, action
having to do with (instr.), wanting, needing anything (instr.), [ŚBr.], &c.
sense, meaning, notion (cf. artha-śabdau and arthāt s.v. below and vedatattvārtha-vid)
manner, kind, [L.], prohibition, prevention, [L.]
price (for argha, q.v.), [L.]