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    See also apakarṣa.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 104, col. 1.
    apakarṣaḥ

    1 (a) Drawing off or down; diminution, decrease, reduction; medo'pakarṣāt Dk. 160; loss, decay, decline, destruction; tejopakarṣaḥ Ve. 1; deterioration, inferiority; utkarṣāpakarṣavihīno madhyaḥ Sk. (b) Dishonour, degradation, lowering (of esteem), infamy, disgrace (opp. utkarṣa in all senses); tapobījaprabhāvaistu te gacchaṃti yuge yuge . utkarṣaṃ cāpakarṣaṃ ca manuṣyeṣviha janmataḥ .. Ms. 10. 42; mūlyotkarṣa° rise and fall in price, increase and decrease.

    2 Anticipated performance of a duty, as of a Śrāddha.

    3 Anticipation of a word occurring later on (in gram., poetry or Mīmāṃsā &c.).

    Comp.

    samaḥ a sort of fallacy; e. g. sound has not the quality of shape, as a jar, so sound and a jar have no qualities in common.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 137.
    apakarṣaḥ 1 (a) Drawing off or down; diminution, decrease, reduction; mado'pakarṣāt Dk.160; loss, decay, decline, destruction; tejo'pakarṣaḥ Ve.1; deterioration, inferiority; utkarṣāpakarṣavihīno madhyaḥ Sk. (b) Dishonour, degradation, lowering (of esteem), infamy, disgrace (opp. utkarṣa in all senses); tapobījaprabhāvaistu te gacchanti yuge yuge | utkarṣaṃ cāpakarṣaṃ ca manuṣyeṣviha janmataḥ || Ms.10.42; mūlyo- tkarṣa˚ rise and fall in price, increase and decrease. -2 Anticipated performance of a duty, as of a Śrāddha, anticipation (of some detail or details at a vikṛtiyāga), i. e. performing them at an earlier stage. (see utkarṣa). -3 Anticipation of a word occurring later on (in gram., poetry or Mīmāṁsā &c.). -Comp. -samaḥ a sort of fallacy; e. g. sound has not the quality of shape, as a jar, so sound and a jar have no qualities in common.