व्याघातvyāghāta1 Striking against.
- 1 Striking against.
- A blow, stroke.
- An impediment, obstacle.
- Contradiction.
- Disobedience; प्रथमं तावन्ममाज्ञाव्याघातः Mu.3.
- A figure of speech in which opposite effects are shown to be produced from the same cause or by the same agency; it is thus defined by Mammaṭa: तद्यथा साधितं केनाप्यपरेण तदन्यथा । तथैव यद्विधीयेत स व्याघात इति स्मृतः ॥ K. Parasmaipada1;Exempli gratia, for example see Vb.1.2, or the quotation under विरूपाक्ष.
- Decline, defeat; कामः स्त्रीरनुशयवानिव स्वपक्षव्याघातादिति Śi.8.61.
Source: Apte