artha-vaśa (1936)
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Entry 1936, Page 66, Col. 2 -
(arTavaSa, arTa-vaSa)
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.; kim- arthavaśam samanupaśyantī MSV ii.84.19; 85.3 etc. (same phrase with kim-artham 84.15; Pali uses kim with atthavasaṃ). [Page067-a+ 71]
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