Pāli Dictionary
general
infructueux; inutile; vain
fruitless; useless; in vain; unprofitable
Dhp 51
yathā'pi ruciraṃ pupphaṃ, vaṇṇavantaṃ agandhakaṃ, evaṃ subhāsitā vācā, aphalā hoti akubbato.
MN 13
tassa ce, bhikkhave, kulaputtassa evaṃ uṭṭhahato ghaṭato vāyamato te bhogā na-abhinipphajjanti. so socati kilamati paridevati urattāḷiṃ kandati, sammohaṃ āpajjati, moghaṃ vata me uṭṭhānaṃ, aphalo vata me vāyāmo'ti
Found an error in the dictionary?