Arthanartha, ٳԲٳ: 3 definitions
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Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaٳԲٳ (अर्थानर्�) refers to “benefit and loss� (which does not happen to one having achieved the inner freedom of having nothing�ٳⲹ), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “[...] No benefit or loss (ٳԲٳ) comes to me by standing, walking or lying down [ٳԲٳu na me sthityā gatyā na śayanena vā], so consequently I live as I please whether standing, walking or sleeping. I lose nothing by sleeping and gain nothing by effort, so consequently I live as I please, abandoning loss and success. Frequently observing the drawbacks of such things as pleasant objects, I live as I please, abandoning the pleasant and unpleasant�.

Vedanta (वेदान्�, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryٳԲٳ (अर्थानर्�).�([masculine] [dual]) what is expedient or inexpedient.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryٳԲٳ (अर्थानर्�):—[=-ٳԲٳ] [from artha] m. [dual number] what is expedient or not expedient, [Manu-smṛti viii, 24]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - Śiva-sahasranāma: the thousand names of Śiva < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Brihaspati Samhita (abridged version) < [Purana, Volume 8, Part 2 (1966)]