अन्वर्थ [anvartha] a. a. [अनुगतः अर्थम्] Having the meaning clear or intelligible, having a meaning easily deducible from the etymology of the word; hence, true to the sense, significant; तथैव सोऽभूदन्वर्थो राजा प्रकृतिरञ्जनात्
[R.4.12;] अन्वर्था तैर्वसुन्धरा
[Ki.11.64;] अन्वर्थसंज्ञैव परं त्रिमार्गगा
[Śi.12.23;] अन्वर्थ एवायमधुना प्रलापो वर्तते
[U.3.;] अन्वर्थतोऽपि ननु राक्षस राक्षसोऽसि
[Mu.5.7] in the true sense of the word, properly so called. -Comp.
-ग्रहणम् literal acceptation of the meaning of a word (opp. to रूढ or conventional).
संज्ञा an appropriate name, a technical term which directly conveys its own meaning; e. g. भविष्यन्ती a name for 'future' is an अन्वर्थसंज्ञा compared with लृट्.
a proper name the meaning of which is obvious.