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anatthāya

anattha

masc dat sg of anattha (noun)

1. anattha (masc): harm; misfortune; damage; injury; hurt
2. anatthāya (masc): unbeneficial; unfortunate (for); lit. not for the sake
3. anatthāya (masc): to harm; to misfortune; lit. to non-benefit
4. anattha (masc): what is useless; what is unbeneficial; what is meaningless; lit. non benefit

Etymology. na > an + √ar + tha; from √ar 'move, attain'; Sanskrit anartha [ṛ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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