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Results for अतद्गुण

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अतद्गुणatadguṇa(Rhet.) The 'non-borrower', N. of a figure of speech in which the thing in question does not assume the…
(Rhet.) The 'non-borrower', Name of a figure of speech in which the thing in question does not assume the quality of another, though there is a reason for it; परगुणाननुहारस्त्वस्य तत्स्यादतद्गुणः; Exempli gratia, for example धवलोऽ सि यद्यपि सुन्दर तथापि त्वया मम रञ्जितं हृदयम् । रागपूरितेऽपि हृदये सुभग निहितो न रक्तोऽसि ॥ 6K.Parasmaipada1; 6or संगतान्यगुणानङ्गीकारमाहुर- तद्गुणम् । चिरं रागिणि मच्चित्ते निहितोऽपि न रज्यसि ॥ Kuval.
Derived forms and compounds
- -संविज्ञानः Name of a variety of Bahuvrīhi; Exempli gratia, for example दृष्टसमुद्रमानय; अत्र गुणीभूतस्य समुद्रस्य नानयनेऽन्वयः इतिdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied नः बहुव्रीहिः; लम्बकर्णमानय इति तु तद्गुणसंविज्ञानः. Tv.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अतद्गुणatadguṇam. (in rhetoric) the use of predicates not descriptive of the essential nature of the object.

masculine gender (in rhetoric) the use of predicates not descriptive of the essential nature of the object.

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