what is undesirable, incongruous or wrong connexion, as
that of a Yogin with worldly objects; or (in Nyāya) that
of an inference with wrong premises, the former tending to
prove the absurdity of the argument advanced; or (in gram-
matical literature) connecting one rule with an other rule
which has no relation to it. E. aniṣṭa and prasaṅga.