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anatthañca

anattha

masc

1. harm; misfortune; damage; injury; hurt
2. what is useless; what is unbeneficial; what is meaningless; lit. non benefit

Analysis. anatthaṃ + ca

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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