arTavaSa
artha-vaśa , nt. (? = Pali attha-vasa, see CPD , ‘-vasa … little more than a suffix’; called masc. by CPD , but idam, kim, are used with it), reason, motive, purpose (virtually = artha): LV 244.8 idam arthavaśam adhikṛtya; Mv iii.48.5 (kati), 10 (dve) arthavaśām, acc. pl. ; kimarthavaśam samanupaśyantī MSV ii.84.19 ; 85.3 etc. (same phrase with kim-artham 84.15 ; Pali uses kim with atthavasaṃ).