arTaH [In some of its senses from arT ; in others from f-Tan Uṇ. 2. 4 ; aryate hyasO arTiBiH Nir. ] 1 Object, purpose, end and aim; wish, desire; jYAtArTo jYAtasaMbaMDaH SrotuM SrotA pravartate ; sidDa°, °paripaMTI Mu. 5 ; °vaSAt 5. 8 ; ( pb ) smartavyosmi satyarTe Dk. 117 if it be necessary; Y. 2. 46 ; M. 4. 6 ; oft. used in this sense as the last member of compounds and translated by ‘for’, ‘intended for’, ‘for the sake of’, ‘on account of’, ‘on behalf of,’ and used like an adj. to qualify nouns; arTena tu nityasamAso viSezyaniGnatA ca Vārt. ; saMtAnArTAya viDaye R. 1. 34 ; tAM devatApitratiTikriyArTAM (DenuM) 2. 16 ; dvijArTAM yavAgUH Sk. ; yajYArTAtkarmaRo'nyatra Bg. 3. 9. It mostly occurs in this sense as arTaM, arTe or arTAya and has an adverbial force; ( a ) kimarTaM for what purpose, why; yadarTaM for whom or which; velopalakzaRArTaM Ś. 4 ; taddarSanAdaBUcCaMBorBUyAndArArTamAdaraH Ku. 6. 13 ; ( b ) parArTe prAjYa utsfjet H. 1. 44 ; gavArTe brAhmaRArTe ca Pt. 1. 420 ; madarTe tyaktajIvitAH Bg. 1. 9 ; ( c ) suKArTAya Pt. 4. 18 ; pratyAKyAtA mayA tatra nalasyArTAya devatAH Nala. 13. 19 ; ftuparRasya cArTAya 23. 9. 2 Cause, motive, reason, ground, means; aluptaSca muneH kriyArTaH R. 2. 55 means or cause; ato'rTAt Ms. 2. 213. 3 Meaning, sense, signification, import; arTa is of 3 kinds: vAcya or expressed, lakzya or indicated (secondary), and vyaMgya or suggested; tadadozO SabdArTO K. P. 1 ; arTo vAcyaSca lakzyaSca vyaMgyaSceti triDA mataH .. S. D. 2 ; vAgarTAviva R. 1. 1 ; avekzya DAtorgamanArTamarTavit 3. 21. 4 A thing, object, substance; arTo hi kanyA parakIya eva Ś. 4. 21 ; that which can be perceived by the senses, an object of sense; iMdriya° H. 1. 146 ; Ku. 7. 71 ; R. 2. 51 ; na nirbadDA upasargA arTAnnirAhuH Nir. ; iMdriyeByaH parA hyarTA arTeByaSca paraM manaH Kaṭh. (the objects of sense are five rUpa, rasa, gaMDa, sparSa and Sabda ). 5 ( a ) An affair, business, matter, work; prAk pratipanno'yamarToM'garAjAya Ve. 3 ; arTo'yamarTAMtaraBAvya eva Ku. 3. 18 ; arTo'rTAnubaMDI Dk. 67 ; saMgItArTaH Me. 56 business of singing, i. e. musical concert (apparatus of singing); saMdeSArTAH Me. 5 matters of message, i. e. messages; ( b ) Interest, object; svArTasADanatatparaH Ms. 4. 196 ; dvayamevArTasADanaM R. 1. 19 ; 2. 21 ; durApe'rTe 1. 72 ; sarvArTAciMtakaH Ms. 7. 121 ; mAlavikAyAM na me kaScidarTaH M. 3 I have no interest in M. ( c ) subject matter, contents (as of letters &c.); tvAmavagatArTaM karizyati Mu. 1 will acquaint you with the matter; uttaro'yaM leKArTaH ibid. ; tena hi asya gfhItArTA BavAmi ( pb ) V. 2 if so I should know its contents; nanu parigfhItArTosmi kfto BavatA V. 5 ; tayA Bavato'vinayamaMtareRa parigfhItArTAkftA devI M. 4 made acquainted with; tvayA gfhItArTayA atraBavatI kaTaM na vAritA 3 ; agfhItArTe AvAM Ś. 6 ; iti pOrAn gfhItArTAn kftvA ibid. 6 Wealth, riches, property, money (said to be of 3 kinds: — Sukla honestly got; Sabala got by more or less doubtful means, and kfzRa dishonestly got;) tyAgAya saMBftArTAnAM R. 1. 7 ; DigarTAH kazwasaMSrayAH Pt. 1. 163 ; arTAnAmarjane duHKaM ibid. ; yasyArTAstasya mitrARi 1. 3 ; tezAmarTe niyuMjIta SUrAn dakzAn kulodgatAn Ms. 7. 62. 7 Attainment of riches or worldly prosperity, regarded as one of the four ends of human existence, the other three being Darma, kAma and mokza ; with arTa and kAma, Darma forms the well-known triad; cf. Ku. 5. 38 ; apyarTakAmO tasyAstAM Darma eva manIziRaH R. 1. 25. 8 ( a ) Use, advantage, profit, good; taTA hi sarve tasyAsan parArTEkaPalA guRAH R. 1. 29 for the good of others; arTAnarTAvuBO budDvA Ms. 8. 24 good and evil; kzetriRAmarTaH 9. 52. ; yAvAnarTa udapAne sarvataH saMplutodake Bg. 2. 46 ; also vyarTa , nirarTaka q. v. ( b ) Use, want, need, concern, with instr. ; ko'rTaH putreRa jAtena Pt. 1 what is the use of a son being born; kaSca tenArTaH Dk. 59 ; korTastiraScAM guREH Pt. 2. 33 what do brutes care for merits; Bh. 2. 48 ; yogyenArTaH kasya na syAjjanena Śi. 18. 66 ; nEva tasya kftenArTo nAkfteneha kaScana Bg. 3. 18 ; yadi prARErihArTo vo nivartaDvaM Rām. ko nu me jIvitenArTaH Nala. 12. 65. 9 Asking, begging; request, suit, petition. 10 Action, plaint (in law). 11 The actual state, fact of the matter; as in yaTArTa, arTataH , °tattvavid . 12 Manner, kind, sort. 13 Prevention, warding off; maSakArTo DUmaH ; prohibition, abolition (this meaning may also be derived from 1 above). 14 Price (perhaps an incorrect form for arGa ). 15 Fruit, result ( PalaM ). 16 N. of a son of Darma . 17 The second place from the lagna (in astr. ). 18 N. of Viṣṇu. Comp. — aDikAraH charge of money, office of treasurer °re na niyoktavyO H. 2. — aDikArin m. a treasurer, one charged with financial duties, finance minister. — anvezaRaM inquiry after a matter. — aMtaraM 1 another or ( pb ) different meaning. 2 another cause or motive; arToyamarTAMtaraBAvya eva Ku. 3. 18. 3 a new matter or circumstance, new affair. 4 opposite or antithetical meaning, difference of meaning. °nyAsaH a figure of speech in which a general proposition i...