arthika (1939)

arthika
Entry 1939, Page 67, Col. 1

(arTika, 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…Ānan- dena, 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 dhar- mārthiko, 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 Wogihara's 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.