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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

anyathāsiddhi (अन्यथासिद्धि).—f S Proving otherwise (in some other way): also executing or accomplishing otherwise (by some other means). 2 Establishing a different conclusion from the same premisses; as, You are but a child, therefore this matter may not be told to you: to which the reply may be, I am but a child, therefore it may be told to me.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anyathāsiddhi (अन्यथासिद्धि).—f. wrong demonstration; one in which arguments, not being true causes are advanced; an unessential cause, an accidental or concomitant circumstance. Bhāṣā P.16.

Derivable forms: anyathāsiddhiḥ (अन्यथासिद्धिः).

Anyathāsiddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anyathā and siddhi (सिद्धि). See also (synonyms): anyathāddha.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyathāsiddhi (अन्यथासिद्धि).—f.

(-ddhiḥ) Disproving a cause or argument, by giving it a different effect or application, coming to a different conclusion from the same premises. E. anyathā otherwise, and siddhi proving, establishing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyathāsiddhi (अन्यथासिद्धि).—f. establishing wrongly, especially assigning superfluous causes, Bhāṣāp. 15.

Anyathāsiddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anyathā and siddhi (सिद्धि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Anyathāsiddhi (अन्यथासिद्धि):—[=anya-thā-siddhi] [from anya-thā > anya] f. wrong arguing, wrong demonstration

2) [v.s. ...] that demonstration in which arguments are referred to untrue causes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyathāsiddhi (अन्यथासिद्धि):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-ddhiḥ) I. (In the Vaiśeṣika philosophy.) The being wrongly established or the establishing wrongly, i. e. the being referred of an effect, or the referring an effect, to a cause which is not the true cause. This may happen in five ways, viz. [a.]) by taking for cause what is prior to the effect but only accidental to the real cause (‘saha tena’), as by taking a potter’s stick for the cause of a jar; or [b.]) by taking for cause something inherent to what is accidental to the real cause (‘yasya’), as by taking the shape of a potter’s stick for the cause of a jar; or [c.]) by taking for cause what is prior but is known to be the cause of another effect (‘anyaṃ prati’), as by taking æther for the cause of a jar, æther being the known cause of sound; or [d.]) by taking for cause what is prior but prior in so far only as the real cause is produced by it (‘janakaṃ prati’), as by taking the potter’s father for the cause of a jar; or [e.]) by taking for cause any thing foreign to the effect (‘atiriktam’), as by taking the donkey carrying the earth of which the jar is made, for the cause of the jar. The last error comprises, indeed, in its generality all the preceding and is therefore called ‘āvaśyaka’, the absolute error. E. anyathā and siddhi. Ii. Not being established or proved otherwise; in the Sānkhya Sūtra: ubhayatrāpyanyathāsiddherna pratyakṣamanumānaṃ vā (comm. ubhayatrāpi vaiśiṣṭyapratyakṣe tadanumāne ca svarūpeṇaivānyathāsiddherna tadubhayaṃ samavāye pramāṇamityarthaḥ . ayaṃ bhāvaḥ . yathā samavāyavaiśiṣṭyabuddhirapi guṇādisvarūpeṇaiveṣyatām . atastatrāpi pratyakṣānumānenyathāsiddhe &c.). E. anyathā and asiddhi.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyathāsiddhi (अन्यथासिद्धि):—[anyathā-siddhi] (ddhiḥ) 2. f. Disproving a cause; coming to another conclusion from the same premises.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anyathasiddhi in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Siddhi, Anyatha.

Starts with: Anyathasiddhivicara.

Full-text: Anyathasiddha, Anyathaddha.

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