Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अतिव्याप्ति

2 dictionaries · exact headword

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

अतिव्याप्तिativyāptif.An unwarrantable stretch of a rule or principle.
1. An unwarrantable stretch of a rule or principle.
2. Including what is not intended to be included in a proposition; (in Nyāya) including or covering too much, unwarranted extension of a definition to things not intended to be defined by it, so that it includes such things as ought not to fall under it; one of the three faults to which a definition is open; अलक्ष्ये लक्षणगमनम् अतिव्याप्तिः; यथा मनुष्यो ब्राह्मणः इति लक्षणस्य शूद्रेऽतिव्याप्तिः, तस्यापि मनुष्यत्वात्.
Source: Apte

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अतिव्याप्तिativyāptif. unwarrantable stretch (of a rule or principle) Pa1n2. 6-3, 35 Sch.

feminine unwarrantable stretch (of a rule or principle) Pa1n2. 6-3, 35 Scholiast or Commentator

Source: Monier-Williams

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