2019, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Part A

author(s)
Dr. PN Sudarsanan

abstract
Padasya arthaḥ padärthah'. The term 'padärtha' stands for the meaning of a word and it is a compound word consists of two elements: Pada and artha. Padārtha might have been first discussed in grammatical treatises. When we compare a sentence to our body, in which words are different parts of that body and the soul - its meaning only.