Occurrences
Mahābhārata
Rāmāyaṇa
Kātyāyanasmṛti
Kathāsaritsāgara
Mahābhārata
MBh, 3, 135, 39.2 yathā tava nirartho 'yam ārambhas tridaśeśvara /
MBh, 5, 38, 28.1 nirarthaṃ kalahaṃ prājño varjayenmūḍhasevitam /
MBh, 12, 146, 14.2 nirarthāḥ sarva evaiṣām āśābandhāstvadāśrayāḥ //
MBh, 12, 149, 56.2 nirarthako hyayaṃ sneho nirarthaśca parigrahaḥ //
Rāmāyaṇa
Rām, Ay, 94, 33.2 buddhimān vīkṣikīṃ prāpya nirarthaṃ pravadanti te //
Rām, Su, 26, 13.1 mogho hi dharmaścarito mamāyaṃ tathaikapatnītvam idaṃ nirartham /
Kātyāyanasmṛti
KātySmṛ, 1, 140.1 aprasiddhaṃ nirābādhaṃ nirarthaṃ niṣprayojanam /
Kathāsaritsāgara
KSS, 9, 4, 161.1 kiṃ nirarthena dehena jīvatāpi mṛtena me /