Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• परिसंख्या parisaṅkhyā

  1. 1 Enumeration, computation.
  2. Sum, total, number: वित्तस्य विद्यापरिसंख्यया मे R.5.21.
  3. (In Mīm. Philosophy) Exclusion, specification, limitation to that which is enumerated or expressly mentioned, so that everything else is excluded; सांख्यदर्शनमेतावत् परिसंख्यानुदर्शनम् Mb.12.36.42. [परिसंख्या is opposed to विधि which lays down a rule for the first time, and to नियम which restricts the choice to an alternative which is expressly stated when several such alternatives are possible]; विधिरत्यन्तमप्राप्तौ नियमः पाक्षिकं सति । तत्र चान्यत्र च प्राप्तौ परिसंख्येति गीयते ॥ Exempli gratia, for example पञ्च पच्चनखा भक्ष्याः usually quoted by the Mīmāṁsakas; अयं नियमविधिर्न तु परिसंख्या Kull. on Ms.3.45. प्राप्तस्य पुनर्वचनं परिसंख्यार्थं भवति ŚB. on MS.11.1.66. परिसंख्या also means a text laying down exclusion; Compare (विधिपरिसंख्यासंशये विधिर्ज्यायान् ŚB. on MS.6.4.7); also परिसंख्यायां स्वार्थहानिः, परार्थकल्पना, प्राप्तबाधश्च ।
  4. (In Rhet.) Special mention or exclusive specification, id est, that is where with or without a query something is affirmed for the denial, expressed or understood, of something else similar to it. (this figure is particularly striking when it is based on a श्लेष or pun); यस्मिन् महीं शासति चित्रकर्मसु वर्णसंकराश्चापेषु गुणच्छेदः etc. or यस्य नूपुरेषु मुखरता विवाहेषु करग्रहणं तुरङ्गेषु कशाभिघातः etc. K; for other examples see S. D.735.
  5. Recapitulation.