apA rTa mfn. without any object, useless
apArTa [ apa-arTa ], apArTaka a. 1 Useless, unprofitable, worthless; sarvametadapArTaM te kzipraM tO saMprasAdaya Mb. 2 Meaningless, unmeaning, senseless; apArTaM bahu BAzate Suśr. — rTaM Senseless or incoherent talk or argument (regarded as one of the faults of composition in rhetoric); yogyatAsattyAkAMkzASUnyaM vAkyaM Gautama ; pOrvAparyAyogAdapratibaMDArTamapArTakaM ; cf. also Kāv. 3. 128 ; samudAyArTaSUnyaM yattadapArTamitIzyate . Comp. — karaRaM advancing a false plea in a law-suit.