अर्था arthā
2 syllables SLP1 arTA

As a deity name

Name 672 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees

As a Hindi name

Nearest attested word 'अर्था' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is अर्थना, meaning स॰ [सं॰ अर्थ] माँगना । याचना करना. — Śabdasāgara nearest word: अर्थना — a suggestion, not a meaning

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

thing, object (said of the membrum virile, ) — feminine form of artha

Scripturally attested Verified derivation

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "arthā" is the feminine form of "artha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · अर्थ (linked stem)

artha m. n. [in RV. i-ix only n.; in RV. x, six times n. and thrice m.; in later Sanskṛt only m.] aim, purpose (very often artham, arthena, arthāya, and arthe ifc. or with gen. ‘for the sake of, on account of, in behalf of, for’)

Monier-Williams (1899) · अर्थ (linked stem)

cause, motive, reason, Mn. ii, 213, &c.

Caveats

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