Anartha Name Meaning — What the Dictionaries Record

अनर्थ anartha

boy 3 syllables SLP1 anarTa

Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.

As a deity name

Name 431 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed

As a Hindi name

Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.

अनर्थ · noun · masculine

विरुद्ध अर्थ । अयुक्त अर्थ । उलटा मतलब · कार्य की हानि । बिगाड़ । नुकसान । उपद्रव । उत्पात । खरावी । बुराई । आपद । विपद । अनिष्ट । गजब · वह धन जो अधर्म से प्राप्त किया जाय — Śabdasāgara

अनर्थ · adj

व्यर्थ । निकम्मा · अभागा । भाग्यविहीन · खराब । त्रुटीपूर्ण — Śabdasāgara

अनर्थ · masculine

calamity, catastrophe (that which causes great harm)

अनर्थ

worthless, valueless (having no use or value)

Platts (p. 92) also records: Meaningless, nonsensical, absurd; causeless, groundless

a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अनर्थ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Sanskrit अनर्थ (anartha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

The Sanskrit parent — अनर्थ (tatsama)

an-artha m. non-value, a worthless or useless object

disappointing occurrence, reverse, evil

As a Sanskrit word

nonsensical.

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)

Why this matches what you typed

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