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    See also asaṃbhava.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 95.
    asambhava mfn. (-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ)

    1 Improbable, unlikely, inconsistent.

    2 Non-existent. nf. (-vaṃ-vā)

    1 Any extraordinary event.

    2 Nonexistence.

    E. a neg. sambhava production.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 74, col. 2.
    a-sambhava (vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) a. Improbable. n.
    Extraordinary event.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 105, col. 1.
    asambhava a-sambhava, as, ā, am (rt. bhū),

    inconsistent, improbable, unlikely; non-existent; (am,

    ā), n. f. any extraordinary event; non-existence.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 78, col. 1.
    asambhava

    mfn. (-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ)

    1. Improbable, unlikely, inconsistent.

    2. Non-
    existent.

    nf. (-vaṃ-vā)

    1. Any extraordinary event.

    2. Non existence.

    E.
    a neg. sambhava production.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 548, col. 1.
    asambhava pu0 abhāve na0 ta0 . 1 sambhavābhāve “anyadevāhuḥ
    sambhavādanyadāhurasambhavāt” ya0 4090 “niṣkriyasya
    tadasambhavāt” sāṃ0 sū0 nyāyoktelakṣyamātre 2 lakṣaṇānanusaraṇe .
    asambhavavāraṇāya pratiyogitāvacchedakāvacchinnaṃ yanna bhava-
    tītivyāptilakṣaṇe pratiyogitānacchedakaṃ sādhyatāmavacchedaka-
    miti kaiściduktam . sambhavaḥ samāveśaḥ 3 tadabhāve . sambhavaśca
    pramāṇāntaramiti aṣṭapramāṇavādinaḥ paurāṇikāḥ . sāṃkhyā
    dibhistu anumāne eva tasya gatārthatvamuktam yathāha”
    sā0 kau0 . “sambhavastu yathā khāryyāṃ droṇāḍhakaprasthādyavagamaḥ
    sa cānumānameva khārītvaṃ hi droṇādyavinābhūtaṃ pratītaṃ
    sat droṇādisattvamavagamayati” . vyākhyātañcaitadasmābhiḥ .
    “khārītvaṃ khārīparimāṇaṃ mahāhāparimāṇe'vāntarapari-
    māṇasamāveśo'nubhavasiddhaḥ tathā ca khārīparimāṇaṃ droṇā-
    diparimāṇavyāpakamiti khārītvasya droṇādiparimāṇā-
    vinābhūtatayā anumānenaiva khārīparimāṇe droṇādipari
    māṇasiddhiḥ” .