arTika
arthika ( Pali atthika; very rare in Skt. , see BR 5.1048 , and pw s.v. ; essentially a Buddhist word; cf. anarthika ), ( 1 ) desirous (of, instr. or in comp. ): with instr. , LV 111.13 (kāmaguṇebhir); 242.2 ( id. ); Mv i.327.2 (tehi bhājanehi); ii.354.2 , and 355.1, 3 (buddhajñānena); ii.426.8 (striyāya arthiko, wanting a woman ); iii.391.14 ahaṃ tvayā arthiko, 15 ahaṃ tvayā arthikā, I am in love with you, I want you ; Divy 616.8 arthikāsi … Ānandena, are you in love with Ā. ? ; Divy 345.7 (puṇyena); RP 19.7 (buddhajñānena); Śikṣ 38.1 (kaḥ puruṣenārthikaḥ, who wants a man? ); 342.20 ; in comp. , LV 139.22 (na …) kulārthiko na gotrārthiko, guṇārthika eva; 179.10 dharmārthiko, 431.22 sarvarasārthikebhyaś; Mv ii.121.8 jyotiarthiko jyotigaveṣī; ii.124.1 prahāṇārthikasya (with v.l. , see prahāṇa 1; Pali padhānatthikassa MN i.167.6 ); ii.183.5 and 238.16 puṇyārthika; as subst. , petitioner , RP 17.1 ; aiming at (in comp. ), vighātārthika aiming at prevention (of evil), Bbh 114.5, 14 , etc. (common in Bbh , see Wogiharaʼs Index ); ( 2 ) ep. of a Buddha, or in the first passage of the Bodhisattva at the moment of his attaining Buddhahood; this usage seems unknown in Pali and I have not seen it noted previously; perhaps it means in possession of, having attained (his proper, i.e. the supreme religious) aim : Mv ii.284.19 (in a long list of epithets of the Enlightened One); Mv iii.63.10 alam arthikasya aprasādena, away with disbelief in the One (Buddha) who has attained the goal! (see s.v. aprasāda ; misunderstood by Senart ); ( 3 ) see pratyarthika .