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The term 'artha’ refers to aim, purpose or meaning.[Monnier Williams dictionary]<ref name=MWD/> Thus, the term ‘Padartha’ denotes the meaning of any specific term. Padartha corresponds to a thing, material, man, object, purpose. He also explains it as category, subject, and predicament. [Monnier Williams dictionary]<ref name=MWD/>

The term 'artha’ refers to aim, purpose or meaning.[Monnier Williams dictionary]<ref name=MWD/> Thus, the term ‘Padartha’ denotes the meaning of any specific term. Padartha corresponds to a thing, material, man, object, purpose. He also explains it as category, subject, and predicament. [Monnier Williams dictionary]<ref name=MWD/>

Charaka has listed padartha under the heading of [[tantra yukti]]. [Cha.Sa.[[Siddhi Sthana]] 12/41] Chakrapani has elaborated this concept as a means to understand the meaning of a single term or group of terms. He explains that the term [[Ayurveda]] is the combination of two terms [[Ayu]] and [[veda]]. The meaning of [[Ayu]] is life, and [[Veda]] refers to science. [Chakrapani on Cha.Sa.[[Siddhi Sthana]] 12/41]

Charaka has listed padartha under the heading of [[tantra yukti]]. [Cha.Sa.[[Siddhi Sthana]] 12/41] Chakrapani has elaborated this concept as a means to understand the meaning of a single term or group of terms. He explains that the term [[Ayurveda]] is the combination of two terms [[Ayu]] and [[Veda]]. The meaning of [[Ayu]] is life, and [[Veda]] refers to science. [Chakrapani on Cha.Sa.[[Siddhi Sthana]] 12/41]

The meaning of one word, two words, and more than two words is collectively called as ’padartha’. [Su.Sa.Uttara Sthana 65/10]<ref name= Susruta> Sushruta. Sushruta Samhita. Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005.</ref> It denotes the word's exact meaning that is understood after relating it with previous or subsequent words in the context or sentence. For instance, when the word ‘vedotpatti’ is mentioned in the first chapter of 'Sutra Sthana of Sushruta Samhita, the term ‘[[veda]]’ is understood as [[Ayurveda]] and not Rigveda or Atharvaveda as context of the word is related to [[Ayurveda]].

The meaning of one word, two words, and more than two words is collectively called as ’padartha’. [Su.Sa.Uttara Sthana 65/10]<ref name= Susruta> Sushruta. Sushruta Samhita. Edited by Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005.</ref> It denotes the word's exact meaning that is understood after relating it with previous or subsequent words in the context or sentence. For instance, when the word ‘vedotpatti’ is mentioned in the first chapter of 'Sutra Sthana of Sushruta Samhita, the term ‘[[Veda]]’ is understood as [[Ayurveda]] and not Rigveda or Atharvaveda as context of the word is related to [[Ayurveda]].

According to Saptapadarthi, all the knowable things are termed as padartha. <ref>K.V.L Narasimhacharyulu, PadarthaVijnana, Chapter 1, Padartha Lakshana, Sixth edition,2015, ChaukhambaKrishnadasAcademy,Varanasi,Page No. 29</ref>

According to Saptapadarthi, all the knowable things are termed as padartha. <ref>K.V.L Narasimhacharyulu, PadarthaVijnana, Chapter 1, Padartha Lakshana, Sixth edition,2015, ChaukhambaKrishnadasAcademy,Varanasi,Page No. 29</ref>