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 अपह्नुति

2 dictionaries · exact headword

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

अपह्नुतिapahnutif.Concealment of knowledge, denial.
1. Concealment of knowledge, denial.
2. (In Rhet.) A figure of speech, in which the real character of the thing in question is denied and that of another (alien or imaginary) object is ascribed to, or superimposed upon, it; प्रकृतं यन्निषिध्यान्यत्साध्यते सा त्वपह्नुतिः K. Parasmaipada1; (उपमेयमसत्यं कृत्वा उपमानं सत्यतया यत्स्था- प्यते साऽपह्नुतिः) Exempli gratia, for example नेदं नभोमण्डलमम्बुराशिर्नौताश्च तारा नवफेनभङ्गाः । नायं शशी कुण्डलितः फणीन्द्रो नासौ कलङ्कः शयितो मुरारिः ॥ see also K. Parasmaipada1 and S. D.683-84.
Source: Apte

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अपह्नुतिapahnutif. "denial, concealment of truth", using a simile in other than its true or obvious application Kpr. Sa1h.

feminine "denial, concealment of truth", using a simile in other than its true or obvious application Kpr. Sa1h.

Source: Monier-Williams

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