परार्थ

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   The property, the business or concern, or the purpose or object of another. Ex. स्वार्थ परार्थ पाहावा. 2 Used as ad For the sake of another.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  The property, the business or concern or object of another.
 ad   For the sake of another.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

परार्थ  m.  a m. the highest advantage or interest, an important object, [MBh.]
   sexual intercourse, [Pañc.]
°र्थम्  n.  an°'s adv° or int° ( ibc., ind. or °र्थे ind. for another or for others or for something else), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
परार्थ  mfn.  mfn. (also -क) having an° object
   designed for an°
-ता  n. dependent on something else ( f. -त्व n.), [ŚrS.]; [Sāṃkhyak.]; [Tarkas.]

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ता

परार्थ    b परा-र्ध &c. See under पर, p. 587, col. 3.

Shabda-Sagara

परार्थ  mfn.  ( -र्थः-र्था-र्थं)
   1. Having another object or sense, &c.
   2. Designed or purposed by another.
   3. The highest interest.
   4. The chief meaning.
  n.  ( -र्थं) For the sake or good of another.
    E. पर, and अर्थ object.

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पर अर्थ