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Results for अनैकान्त

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनैकान्तanaikāntaa.Variable, uncertain, unsteady; occasional, casual (as a cause not invariably attended by the same effects.).

    Variable, uncertain, unsteady; occasional, casual (as a cause not invariably attended by the same effects.).

  2. अनैकान्तिकanaikāntikaa.(की f.)
    1. (की Feminine)
    2. Unsteady, uncertain; not to the point, not very important; भृत्योऽभृत्य इति denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकमेतत् Pt.1.
    3. (in Logic) Name of one of the five main divisions of हेत्वाभास (fallacies,) otherwise called सव्यभिचार. It is of three kinds: (a) साधारण, where the हेतु is found both in the समक्ष and विपक्ष, the argument being therefore too general. (b) असाधारण where the हेतु is in the पक्ष alone, the argument being not general enough. (c) अनुपसंहारी which embraces every known thing in the पक्ष, the argument being nonconclusive.
  3. अनैकान्त्यम्anaikāntyamVariable nature.

    Variable nature.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनैकान्तanaikāntamfn. (fr. एकान्त), variable, unsteady
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from एकान्त), variable, unsteady
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (in logic) occasional, as a cause not invariably attended by the same effects.
  2. अनैकान्तिकanaikāntikamfn. unsteady, variable, having many objects or purposes
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unsteady, variable, having many objects or purposes
    2. neuter gender (in Vais3eshika वैशेषिक philosophy) the fallacy of undistributed middle.
  3. अनैकान्तिकताanaikāntikatāf. variableness, Bcar.

    feminine variableness, Bcar.

  4. अनैकान्तिकत्वanaikāntikatvan. unsteadiness, uncertainty Nya1yad.

    neuter gender unsteadiness, uncertainty Nya1yad.