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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYadartham (यदर्थम�).�ind.
1) for which, wherefore, why, on which account; श्रूयतां यदर्थमस्मि हरिण� भवत्सकाश� प्रेषितः (śrūyatā� yadarthamasmi hariṇ� bhavatsakāśa� preṣita�) Ś.6; Kumārasambhava 5.52.
2) since, because; नूनं दैवं � शक्य� हि पुरुषेणातिवर्तितुम� � यदर्थं यत्नवाने� � लभ� विप्रतां विभो (nūna� daiva� na śakya� hi puruṣeṇātivartitum | yadartha� yatnavāneva na labhe vipratā� vibho) || Mb.
Yadartham is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yad and artham (अर्थम्). See also (synonyms): yadarthe.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYadartham (यदर्थम�).—[adjective] for which purpose, wherefore.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yadartham (यदर्थम�):—[=yad-artham] [from yad-artha > yad] ind. on which account, for which purpose, wherefore, why, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] as, since, because, whereas, [ib.]
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