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    See also apoha.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 120, col. 2.
    apohaḥ

    1 Removing, driving away, healing &c.

    2 Removal of doubt by the exercise of the reasoning faculty.

    3 Reasoning, arguing; reasoning faculty.

    4 Negative reasoning (opp. ūha) (aparatarkanirāsāya kṛto viparītastarkaḥ), one of the dhīgunas q. v.; svayamūhāpohāsamarthaḥ Mbh.; ūhāpohamimaṃ sarojanayanā yāvadvidhattetarāṃ Bv. 2. 74; hence ūhāpoha = complete discussion of a question.

    5 Excluding all things not coming under the category in point; tadvānapoho vā śabdārthaḥ (where Maheśvara paraphrases apoha by atadvyāvṛtti i. e. tadbhinnatyāgaḥ)

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 159.
    apohaḥ 1 Removing, driving away, healing &c. -2 Removal of doubt by the excercise of the reasoning faculty. -3 Reasoning, arguing; reasoning faculty. -4 Negative reasoning (opp. ūha) (aparatarkanirāsāya kṛto viparītastarkaḥ). one of the dhiguṇas q. v. svayamūhāpohāsamarthaḥ; ime manuṣyā dṛśyante ūhāpohaviśāradāḥ Mb.13.145.43. ūhāpohamimaṃ sarojanayanā yāvadvidhattetarām Bv.2.74; hence ūhāpoha = complete discussion of a question. -5 Excluding all things not coming under the category in point; tadvānapoho vā śabdārthaḥ (where Maheśvara paraphrases apoha by atadvyāvṛtti i. e. tadbhinnatyāgaḥ), -6 A superfluous member attached to a structure of some construction.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 69.
    apohaḥ , puṃ, (ap + ūha + bhāve ghañ .) apagata-
    ūhaḥ . vitarkābhāvaḥ . śuśrūṣādyaṣṭadhādhīguṇānta-
    rgataṣaṣṭhaguṇaḥ .
    (śuśrūṣā śravaṇaṃ caiva grahaṇaṃ dhāraṇaṃ tathā .
    ūho'paho'rthavijñānaṃ tattvajñānaṃ ca dhīguṇāḥ) ..
    iti hemacandraḥ .. atadvyāvṛttiḥ . iti kāvya-
    prakāśaṭīkāyāṃ maheśvaraḥ ..