ajahatsvārthā

Dictionary meanings for ajahatsvārthā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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ajahatsvārthā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[na jahat svārtho'tra, hā- śatṛ na. ba.] A kind of lakṣaṇā, in which the primary or original sense of a word [Page0024-c+ 58] (which is used elliptically) does not disappear; as kuṃtāḥ praviśaṃti = kuṃtadhāriṇaḥ puruṣāḥ; śveto dhāvati = śvetavarṇo 'śvo dhāvati; also called upādānalakṣaṇā q. v.; svasi- ddhaye parākṣepaḥ; kuṃtāḥ praviśaṃti, yaṣṭayaḥ praviśaṃti ityādau kuṃtādibhirātmanaḥ praveśasiddhyarthaṃ svasaṃ-...

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