a. (pikā f.) 1 Pervad- ing, comprehensive, diffusive, wide- ly spread, extending over the whole of anything; tiryagūrdhvamadhastācca vyāpako mahimā hareḥ Ku. 6. 71.

2 (In law) Comprehending all the points of an argument.

3 Invariably concomit- ant.

4 That which is more exten- sive than the vyāpya; e. g. in the instance manuṣyo martyaḥ; martyaṃ is vyāpaka as it includes manuṣya, and is more ex- tensive than it....