apahnutiḥ

apahnutiḥ f.

1 Concealment of knowledge, denial.

2 (In Rhet.) A figure of speech, in which the real character of the thing in question is denied and that of another (alien or imaginary) object is ascribed to, or superimposed upon, it; prakṛtaṃ yanniṣidhyānyatsādhyate sā tvapahnutiḥ K. P. 10; (upameyamasatyaṃ kṛtvā upamānaṃ satyatayā yatsthāpyate sāpahnutiḥ); e. g. nedaṃ nabhomaṃḍalamaṃburāśirnaitāśca tārā navaphenabhaṃgāḥ . nāyaṃ śaśī kuṃḍalitaḥ phaṇīṃdro nāsau kalaṃkaḥ śayito murāriḥ .. see also K. P. 10 and S. D. 683-84.

apahnutiḥ f. 1 Concealment of knowledge, denial. -2 (In Rhet.) A figure of speech, in which the real character of the thing in question is denied and that of another (alien or imaginary) object is ascribed to, or superimposed upon, it; prakṛtaṃ yanniṣidhyānyatsādhyate sā tvapahnutiḥ K. P.10; (upameyamasatyaṃ kṛtvā upamānaṃ satyatayā yatsthā- pyate sā'pahnutiḥ) e. g. nedaṃ nabhomaṇḍalamamburāśirnautāśca tārā navaphenabhaṅgāḥ | nāyaṃ śaśī kuṇḍalitaḥ phaṇīndro nāsau kalaṅkaḥ śayito murāriḥ || see also K. P.10 and S. D.683-84.

apahnutiḥ , strī, (apa + hnu + bhāve ktin .) apa-
lāpaḥ . apahnavaḥ . iti śabdaratnāvalī .. upa-
meyāsatyakaraṇapūrvvakopamānasatyatāvyavasthāpikā-
laṅkṛtiḥ . tasyā lakṣaṇaṃ .
“prakṛtaṃ yanniṣidhyānyatsādhyate sā tvapahnutiḥ” .
udāharaṇaṃ .
“avāptaḥ prāgalbhyaṃ pariṇatarucaḥ śelatanaye .
kalaṅko naivāyaṃ vilasati śaśāṅkasya vapuṣi ..
amuṣyeyaṃ manye vigaladamṛtasyandiśiśire .
ratiśrāntā śete rajaniramaṇī gāḍhamurasi” ..
iti kāvyaprakāśaḥ ..
(“prakṛtaṃ pratiṣidhyānyasthāpanaṃ syādapahnutiḥ .
gopanīyaṃ kamapyarthaṃ dyotayitvā kathañcana ..
yadi śleṣeṇānyathā vā'nyathayet sāpyapahnutiḥ” .
iti sāhityadarpaṇe .)