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Apte Dictionary

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

अपोहनम्apohanam1 Removal &c. = अपाह above.
1. 1 Removal etc. Equivalent to अपाह above.
2. Reasoning faculty; मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च Bg.15.15 (Mr Telang translates अdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied by removal; Lok. Tilak translates as नाश.) ततो धर्मस्ततो ज्ञानं यावत्स्मृतिरपोहनम् Bhāg.11.13.6.
In the Gita15·15

मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनञ्च ।

mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanañca, — I am lodged in the heart of all; from Me are memory and knowledge and their absence. And that which is known by all the Vedas (and by all forms of… 15·15
- अपोहनम्apohananominative singular of the neuter noun apohana(absence, disappearance, removal).
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