मिथ्या [ mithyā ] [ mithyā́ ] ind. ( contracted from [ mithūyā́ ] ) invertedly , contrarily , incorrectly , wrongly , improperly Lit. ŚBr. (with Caus. , of √ [ kṛ ] , to pronounce a word wrongly " once " ( P. ) or " repeatedly " ( Ā. ) Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 71 ; with [ pra-√ car ] , to act wrongly Lit. Mn. ix , 284 ; with [ pra-√ vṛt ] , to behave improperly Lit. MBh. iii , 2414) ; falsely , deceitfully , untruly Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. (often with √ [ brū ] , [ vac ] or [ vad ] , to speak falsely , utter a lie ; with √ [ kṛ ] , to deny Lit. MBh. ; to break one's word , with [ na-√ kṛ ] , to keep it) Lit. R. ; with √ [ bhū ] , to turn out or prove false Lit. MBh. ; not in reality , only apparently Lit. Madhus. ; to no purpose , fruitlessly , in vain Lit. MaitrUp. Lit. MBh. (ibc. often = false , untrue , sham ; Mithyā is personified as the wife of A-dharma Lit. KalkiP.)