aprayojaka

to be applicable or to exist, not effecting the applicability

or existence of; e. g. in the Yoga Sūtra: nimittamaprayojakaṃ

prakṛtīnāṃ &c. E. a neg. and prayojaka.

II. Bahuvr. m. f. n. (-jakaḥ-jakā-jakam) Not having a

sufficient cause for being applied, not being properly ap-

plicable, useless, irrelevant; e. g. Mallinātha in his comm.

on the Kirāt.: samarthanīyapradhānopasarjanabhāvastvaprayojaka iti

vyaktavivekakāraḥ; or in the Kaṇthābharaṇa: yadaprayojakaṃ yacca

gatārthaṃ vyarthameva vā (viz. a word) . tasyāpi kvāpi nirdoṣaḥ

prayogo dṛśyate yathā; or in the Jaiminīya-nyāyam.: na ca kra-

meṇaiva tatsiddherliṅgamaprayojakamiti vācyam &c.; or in the

Dattakamīm.: nanvidamaprayojakaṃ yatpiṇḍa ṛkthābhāvādaputra-

tvamiti. E. a priv. and prayojaka.