"वृथा" meaning in Sanskrit

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      "text": "→ Telugu: వృథా (vr̥thā)"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Probably from the instrumental case of an unattested *वृथ (vṛtha, “wish”), a derivative of the root वृ (vṛ, “to choose, select”).\nThe \"in vain\" meaning is a semantic extension of the original \"at will\" meaning, via \"at will\" > \"wantonly\" > \"aimless, without a plan\" > \"in vain\".",
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      "form": "vṛthā",
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        "at will, at pleasure, at random, easily, lightly, wantonly, frivolously"
      ],
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          "at will",
          "at will"
        ],
        [
          "at pleasure",
          "at pleasure"
        ],
        [
          "at random",
          "at random"
        ],
        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "lightly",
          "lightly"
        ],
        [
          "wantonly",
          "wantonly"
        ],
        [
          "frivolously",
          "frivolously"
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        "in vain, vainly, uselessly, fruitlessly, idly"
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          "vainly",
          "vainly"
        ],
        [
          "uselessly",
          "uselessly"
        ],
        [
          "fruitlessly",
          "fruitlessly"
        ],
        [
          "idly",
          "idly"
        ]
      ]
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        "wrongly, falsely, incorrectly, unduly"
      ],
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          "wrongly",
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          "falsely",
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          "incorrectly",
          "incorrectly"
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          "unduly",
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  "word": "वृथा"
}

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    }
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      ],
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          "at will",
          "at will"
        ],
        [
          "at pleasure",
          "at pleasure"
        ],
        [
          "at random",
          "at random"
        ],
        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "lightly",
          "lightly"
        ],
        [
          "wantonly",
          "wantonly"
        ],
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          "frivolously",
          "frivolously"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "in vain, vainly, uselessly, fruitlessly, idly"
      ],
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          "in vain",
          "in vain"
        ],
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          "vainly",
          "vainly"
        ],
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          "uselessly",
          "uselessly"
        ],
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          "fruitlessly",
          "fruitlessly"
        ],
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          "idly",
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          "wrongly",
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          "incorrectly"
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          "unduly"
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  ],
  "word": "वृथा"
}