ativyāptiḥf.1 An unwarrantable stretch of a rule or principle. 2 Including what is not intended to be included in a proposition; (in Nyāya) including or covering too much, unwarranted extension of a definition to things not intended to be defined by it, so that it includes such things as ought not to fall under it; one of the three faults to which a definition is open; alakṣye lakṣaṇagamanaṃativyāptiḥ; yathā manuṣyo brāhmaṇaḥ iti lakṣaṇasyaśūdre'tivyāptiḥ, tasyāpi manuṣyatvāt.
ativyāptiḥf.1 An unwarrantable stretch of a rule or principle. -2 Including what is not intended to be included in a proposition; (in Nyāya) including or covering too much, unwarranted extension of a definition to things not intended to be defined by it, so that it includes such things as ought not to fall under it; one of the three faults to which a definition is open; alakṣye lakṣaṇagamanam ativyāptiḥ; yathā manuṣyo brāhmaṇaḥ iti lakṣaṇasya śūdre'tivyāptiḥ, tasyāpi manuṣyatvāt.