ativyāptiḥ

Dictionary meanings for ativyāptiḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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ativyāptiḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

f. 1 An unwarrant- able stretch of a rule or principle.

2 Including what is not intended to be included in a proposition; (in Nyāya) including or cover- ing too much, unwarranted ex- tension of a definition to things not intended to be defined by it, so that it includes such things as ought not to fall under it; one of the three faults to which a defi- nition is open; alakṣye lakṣaṇagamanaṃ ati- vyāptiḥ; yathā...

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