पदार्थ (padārtha) is a Sanskrit word meaning the meaning of a word, a material object, man, or person, a head or subject, a category or predicament, a principle, a material thing or object. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Multiple Senses (Comprehensive), Meaning of a Word, Philosophical Category.
1. The meaning or sense of a word. 2. An object, substance, or thing corresponding to a word. 3. A subject, topic, or philosophical category.
पदार्थ (padārtha) [Printed book page 152-3] पदार्थ (padārtha) pada‿artha, m. thing corresponding to a word, substance, object; subject, topic; category (ph.); meaning of a word. [ID=11110]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A material thing or object.
2. A category or predicament in logic.
3. The meaning of a word or sentence.
पद (pada)ार्थ (padārtha) [Printed book page 500] पद (pada)ार्थ (padārtha) m. (-र्थः (-rthaḥ))
1 Thing, substantial or material form of being.
2 A category or predicament in Logic, of which seven are enumerated, viz. substance, quality, action, identity, variety, relation, and annihilation; another enumeration gives sixteen.
3 The meaning of a word or sentence.
E. पद (pada) word, thing, and अथ (atha) meaning.
[ID=23151]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A thing, essence, or meaning.
2. An object of natural science or a category.
पदार्थ (padārtha) [Printed book page 446-b] पदा_र्थ (padā_rtha)(र्थः) ((rthaḥ)) 1. m. Thing; essence; meaning; objects of natural science; category. [ID=22624]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An object. 2. The meaning of a word. 3. A topic. 4. A category.
पदार्थ (padārtha) [Printed book page 409-02] पद-अर्थ (pada-artha)m. 1. a thing, an object; 2. the meaning of a word; 3. a head, a topic; 4. a category; (they are six according to the Vaiśeshikas, twenty-five according to the Sānkhyas, twenty-six according to the Pātanjalas and two according to the Vedāntins). [ID=20956]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A material thing or substance. 2. A category or predicament in philosophy. 3. The meaning of a word or sentence. 4. A topic or head.
पद (pada)ार्थ (padārtha) [Printed book page 419-a] पद (pada)ार्थ (padārtha)
m. (-र्थः (-rthaḥ))
1. Thing, substantial or material form of being.
2. A category of predicament in Logic, of which seven are enumerated; viz:—substance, quality, action, identity, variety, relation and non-existence or annihilation. They are sixteen according to Nyaya Philosophy six according to the Vaiseshika, twenty-five according to Sānkhya, twenty six according to Pātanjala, and two according to Vaidantica.
3. The meaning of a word or sentence.
4. A head, a topic.
E. पद (pada) word, thing, and अर्थ (artha) meaning.
[ID=23137]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The meaning of a word. 2. A substance or thing. 3. A philosophical category.
पदार्थ (padārtha) [Printed book page 0513-a] पदार्थ (padārtha)padārtha,i. e.pada-artha,
m.1. The meaning of a word,
Nyāya S. 2, 131. 2. Substance, thing,
Bhāg. P. 3, 11, 2. 3. A category, Bhāṣāp. 1.
[ID=8071]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The meaning of a word or its corresponding object.
2. A thing, matter, or person.
3. A philosophical category or predicament.
पदार्थ (padārtha) [Printed book page 295] पदार्थ (padārtha)m. the meaning of a word or the thing corresponding to it; thing, object, matter; man, person; category or predicament (ph.). [ID=17844]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Meaning of a Word
1 definition1
the meaning of a word
(H3) [Printed book page 583,3] पदा (padā)र्थ (rtha)m. the meaning of a word, VPrāt.; Prab.; BhP. &c. (ifc. also -क (-ka), Pat.) [ID=115386]
a principle (-त्रितय (-tritaya)n. a triad of principles, Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 119 ) [ID=115390]
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Definitions on this page come from 8 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
