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mithyā

mithyā́ ind. (contracted from mithūyā́) invertedly, contrarily, incorrectly, wrongly, improperly, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (with Caus., of √ kṛ, to pronounce a word wrongly ‘once’ [P.] or ‘repeatedly’ [Ā.] [Pāṇ. i, 3, 71]; with pra-√ car, to act wrongly, [Mn. ix, 284]; with pra-√ vṛt, to behave improperly, [MBh. iii, 2414]); falsely, deceitfully, untruly, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (often with √ brū, vac or vad, to speak falsely, utter a lie; with √ kṛ, to deny, [MBh.]; to break one's word, with na-√ kṛ, to keep it), [R.]; with √ bhū, to turn out or prove false, [MBh.]; not in reality, only apparently, [Madhus.]; to no purpose, fruitlessly, in vain, [MaitrUp.]; [MBh.] &c. (ibc. often = false, untrue, sham; Mithyā is personified as the wife of A-dharma, [KalkiP.])

mithyā́ &c. See col. 1.