f. 1 Concealment of know- ledge, 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; prakṛtaṃ yanniṣidhyānyatsādhyate sā tvapahnutiḥ K. P. 10; (upameyamasatyaṃ kṛtvā upamānaṃ satyatayā yatsthāpyate sāpahnutiḥ); e. g. nedaṃ nabhomaṃḍala- maṃburāśirnaitāśca tārā...