n. (fr. sam-artha) sameness of aim or object or meaning or signification, belonging or agreeing together (in aim, object &c.), adequacy, accordance, fitness, suitableness, [Pat.]; [Hariv.]; [Suśr.] &c.
the being entitled to, justification for (loc. or comp.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
ability to or capacity for (inf. dat. loc., or comp.; acc. with √ kṛ, ‘to do one's utmost’; with √ bhaj, ‘to take pains’, ‘exert one's self’), [ib.]
efficacy, power, strength, force (āt, or -tas or -yogāt, ‘through the force of circumstances’, ‘by reason of’, ‘in consequence of’, ‘on account of’, ‘as a matter of course’), [ib.]
the force or function or sense of a word, [Kusum.]