apohaḥ

Dictionary meanings for apohaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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apohaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 Removing, driving a- way, healing &c.

2 Removal of doubt by the exercise of the reason- ing faculty.

3 Reasoning, arguing; reasoning faculty.

4 Negative rea- soning (opp. ūha) (aparatarkanirāsāya kṛto viparītastarkaḥ), one of the dhīgunas q. v.; svayamūhāpohāsamarthaḥ Mbh.; ūhāpoha- mimaṃ sarojanayanā yāvadvidhattetarāṃ Bv. 2. 74; hence ūhāpoha = complete discus- sion of a question.

5 Excluding all things...

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