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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्रयोजनम्prayojanam1 Use, employment, application.
1. 1 Use, employment, application.
2. Use, need, necessity (with Instrumental of that which is needed and Genitive of the user); सर्वैरपि राज्ञां प्रयोजनम् Pt.1; बाले किमनेन पृष्टेन प्रयोजनम् K.144.
3. End, aim, object, purpose; प्रयोजनमनुद्दिश्य न मन्दोऽपि प्रवर्तते; पुत्रप्रयोजना दाराः पुत्रः पिण्डप्रयोजनः । हितप्रयोजनं मित्रं धनं सर्वप्रयोजनम् ॥ Subhās; गुणवत्तापि परप्रयोजना R.8.31.
4. A means of attaining; एतच्चतुर्विधं विद्यात् पुरुषार्थप्रयोजनम् Ms.7.1.
5. A cause, motive, occasion; दुरधिगमा हि गतिः प्रयोजनानाम् Ki.1.4.
6. Profit, interest.
7. The signification, sense (of a word); नासमवायात् प्रयोजनेन स्यात् MS.4.3.31.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निष्प्रयोजनम्niṣprayojanamind. 107621

indeclinable 107621

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