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svārtha

m. one's own affair or cause, personal matter or advantage, self-interest, one's own aim or object (also pl.), [MaitrUp.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

one's own property or substance, [MW.]

own or original meaning, [Sāh.]; [Vedāntas.]; [TPrāt.], Sch.

similar meaning (prob. for sārtha), a pleonasm, [MW.]

= liṅgārtha-viśeṣa, [L.]

mf(A)n. directed to one's self egoistical (-tā f.), [Kum.]; [Tarkas.] &c.

mf(A)n. adapted to (its) purpose, [Car.]

having one's object, expressing (its) own inherent or true meaning, having a natural or literal meaning, having a similar meaning (= sārtha), pleonastic, [MW.]