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Apte Dictionary

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

उपलक्षणम्upalakṣaṇam1 Looking at, beholding, observing, marking, ascertainment; वेलोपलक्षणार्थम् Ś.4.
1. 1 Looking at, beholding, observing, marking, ascertainment; वेलोपलक्षणार्थम् Ś.4.
2. A mark, characteristic or distinctive feature; उपलब्धमुपलक्षणम् V.4,4.33; उपलक्षणे तृतीया Sk.
3. Designation; प्राद्युपल- क्षणम् Sk.
4. Implying something that has not been actually expressed, implication of something in addition or any similar object where only one is mentioned; synecdoche of a part for the whole, of an individual for the species, or of a quality for that in which the quality exists (स्वप्रतिपादकत्वे सति स्वेतरप्रतिपादकत्वं); मन्त्रग्रहणं ब्राह्मणस्याप्युपलक्षणम् ParasmaipadaII.4.8 Sk.; so अस्ति नास्तेरुपल- क्षणम् etc.
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