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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 303, col. 1.
    abhūtāharaṇa Tatpur. n. (-ṇam) A covert or metaphorical ex-

    pression; Sāhityad.: …vyājāśrayaṃ vākyamabhūtāharaṇaṃ matam;

    as in the following instance where the death of Aśvatthā-

    man is reported under the metaphor of a prostrate elephant:

    aśvatthāmā hata iti pṛthāsūnunā spaṣṭamuktvā svairaṃ śeṣe gaja iti

    kila vyāhṛtaṃ satyavācā. E. abhūta and āharaṇa.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 75, col. 1.
    abhūtāharaṇa n. relating anything which in fact has not happened, a wrong account (given for deceiving or puzzling anybody), Sāh.; Daśar. &c.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1027.
    abhūtāharaṇa (abhūta + ā°) n. das Bringen einer falschen Nachricht, das Irreleiten DAŚAR.1,35. PRATĀPAR. 21,b,7. 35,b,6. SĀH. D. 365.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 91, col. 3.
    abhūtāharaṇa n. das Bringen einer falschen Nachricht , das Irreleiten.