aprāptakāla

1 Inopportune, out of season.

2 Under age.

E. aprāpta, and kāla time.

comp. aprāptavyavahāra. ² Out of time, not yet im time, in-

opportune, unseasonable; e. g. in the Hitopad.: aprāptakā-

lavacanaṃ vṛhaspatirapi bruvan . prāpnuyādbuddhyavajñānamapamānaṃ ca

śāśvatam; comp. aprāptāvasara.

2. n. (-lam) (In the Nyāya philosophy.) A discussion

contrary to the order in which it ought to be conducted

(one of the twenty-two nigrahasthāna or failures in argumen-

tation), the regular order of a discussion being ‘first the

statement and the general argument on the part of the pro-

poser of the argument, then the reply of the opponent,

then the defence of the proposer and lastly victory or de-

feat’. E. a neg. and prāptakāla.

mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ)

1. Inopportune, out of season.

2. Under age,
E. aprāpta, and kāla time.

— 1) Adj. dessen Zeit noch nicht gekommen ist (von Personen und Sachen) Spr. 468. 3595.

— 2) n. Nichtbeobachtung der gehörigen Reihenfolge (in einer Disputation) NYĀYAS. 5,2,1. 11.