Apasiddhanta, Apasiddhānta, Apasiddhamta: 8 definitions

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Apasiddhanta in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

apasiddhānta (अपसिद्धांत).—m S An illogical or erroneous conclusion, a non-sequitur.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Apasiddhanta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apasiddhānta (अपसिद्धान्त).—A wrong or erroneous conclusion; सिद्धान्तमभ्युपेत्यानिथमात् कथाप्रसङ्गोऽपसिद्धान्तः (siddhāntamabhyupetyānithamāt kathāprasaṅgo'pasiddhāntaḥ) Gaut. S.

Derivable forms: apasiddhāntaḥ (अपसिद्धान्तः).

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

Apasiddhānta (अपसिद्धान्त):—[=apa-siddhānta] m. an assertion or statement opposed to orthodox teaching or to settled dogma, [Nyāya etc.]

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

Apasiddhānta (अपसिद्धान्त):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-ntaḥ) 1) A false conclusion; e. g. mūrtatvādghaṭādivatsamānadharmāpattāvapasiddhāntaḥ ‘(to say that the Soul is limited) is a false conclusion, for this would lead to assert that, from its having shape, it shares in the properties of material substances (as in those of perishableness &c.)’; or ānandābhivyaktirmukhyamokṣa iti navīnavedāntināmapasiddhānta eveti dhik ‘to maintain that manifestation of happiness is real liberation is a wrong conclusion of the modern Vedāntists: shame (on such twaddle)’.

2) (In the Nyāya philosophy.) Logical inconsistency in argumentation, viz. arguing so as to come in contradiction with the tenets of one’s own school; one of the twenty two nigrahasthāna or failures in discussion which lead to the defeat of the disputant; more especially it is thus defined: siddhāntamabhyupetyāniyamātkathāprasaṅgopasiddhāntaḥapasiddhānta is argumentation without regard to the definitions contained in the tenets of a school which one has adopted as his own’.— The commentator adds however that there is no apasiddhānta or inconsistency of this kind, if one differs merely in a special topic from the authority of his school: yastvekadeśimatena kathāmārabhate tasya śāstrakārābhyupagamavirodhe nāpasiddhāntaḥ; ‘the Saugatas’, he says, ‘do not consider logical inconsistency as a defect, but that is another question’ (saugatāstvapasiddhāntaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ na manyanta ityanyadetat). E. apa and siddhānta.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apasiddhānta (अपसिद्धान्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avasiddhaṃta.

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Apasiddhanta in German

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Apasiddhanta in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apasiddhāṃta (ಅಪಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ):—

1) [noun] a wrong conclusion; an erroneous theory.

2) [noun] a religion founded on wrong principles or with wrong vision.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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