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Entry व्यतिरेक

व्यतिरेकvyatireka1 Distinction, difference; यथा गन्धस्य भूमश्च न भावो व्यतिरेकतः Bhāg.3.27.18.
1. 1 Distinction, difference; यथा गन्धस्य भूमश्च न भावो व्यतिरेकतः Bhāg.3.27.18.
2. Separation from.
3. Exclusion, exception.
4. Excellence, surpassing, excelling.
5. Contrast, dissimilarity.
6. (In logic) Logical discontinuance (Opposite of अन्वय quod vide, which see); यत्र साध्या- भावस्तत्र हेत्वभाव इति व्यतिरेकव्याप्तिः (Exempli gratia, for example यत्र वह्निर्नास्ति तत्र धूमो नास्ति is an instance of व्यतिरेकव्याप्तिः).
7. (In Rhet.) A figure of speech which consists in representing theUpameya as superior to the Upamāna in some particular respects; उपमानाद्यन्यस्य व्यतिरेकः स एव सः K.Parasmaipada1. (व्यतिरेकेण means 'except, without'; व्यतिरेके 'on the contrary supposition'.).
Derived forms and compounds
- -व्याप्ति see व्यतिरेक (6) above.
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