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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 55, col. 1.
    adhikārthavacana Tatpur. n. (-nam) Exaggeration, hyperbole.

    E. adhika-artha and vacana.

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

    p. 20, col. 2.
    adhikārtha-vacana n. exaggeration, hyperbole, Pāṇ. ii, 1, 33.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 33, col. 3.
    adhikārthavacana n. Uebertreibung.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 129, col. 1.
    adhikārthavacana na0 adhikārthasya stutinindābhyāmāropi-
    tasya vastudharmmādatiriktasya guṇasya vacanam . stutyarthavāde,
    nindārthavāde ca . yathā vātacchedyaṃ tṛṇamityatra durbalatvena
    nindā, kākapeyā nadītyatra ca pūrṇajalatvena stutiḥ gamyate
    kṛtyairadhikārthavacane iti pā0 .