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 अव्याप्ति

2 dictionaries · exact headword

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

अव्याप्तिavyāptif.Inadequate extent or pervasion of a proposition.
1. Inadequate extent or pervasion of a proposition.
2. Non-inclusion or exclusion of a part of the thing defined, one of the three faults of a definition; लक्ष्यैकदेशे लक्षणस्यावर्तनमव्याप्तिः, यथा शिखासूत्रवान् ब्राह्मणः इत्यस्य संन्यासिन्यव्याप्तिः; तस्य ब्राह्मणत्वेऽपि शिखासूत्रत्वाभावात्.
Source: Apte

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अव्याप्तिavyāptif. "non-comprehensiveness", inadequate pervasion or extent (of a definition; e.g. "man is a cooking animal"…

feminine "non-comprehensiveness", inadequate pervasion or extent (of a definition; exempli gratia, 'for example' "man is a cooking animal", which does not extend to savages who eat raw food) Sa1h. commentator or commentary on Kap.

Source: Monier-Williams

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