Mithyadhyavasiti, Mithyādhyavasiti, Mithya-adhyavasiti: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMithyādhyavasiti (मिथ्याध्यवसिति).—f. a figure of speech, an expression of the impossibility of a thing by making it depend upon an impossible contingency; किंचिन्मिथ्यात्वसिद्ध्यर्थं मिथ्या- र्थान्तरकल्पनम् । मिथ्याध्यवसितिर्वेश्यां वशयेत् खस्रजं वहन् (kiṃcinmithyātvasiddhyarthaṃ mithyā- rthāntarakalpanam | mithyādhyavasitirveśyāṃ vaśayet khasrajaṃ vahan) || Kuval.
Derivable forms: mithyādhyavasitiḥ (मिथ्याध्यवसितिः).
Mithyādhyavasiti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mithyā and adhyavasiti (अध्यवसिति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMithyādhyavasiti (मिथ्याध्यवसिति).—f.
(-tiḥ) A figure of rhetoric, confirmation of one error or impossibility by another. E. mithyā falsehood, adhyavasiti perseverance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMithyādhyavasiti (मिथ्याध्यवसिति):—[from mithyā > mith] (mithyādh) f. a [particular] figure of speech (in which the impossibility of a thing is expressed by making it depend upon some impossible contingency), [Kuvalayānanda]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMithyādhyavasiti (मिथ्याध्यवसिति):—[mithyā+dhyavasiti] (tiḥ) 2. f. A figure of rhetoric shewing one impossibility by another.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMithyādhyavasiti (ಮಿಥ್ಯಾಧ್ಯವಸಿತಿ):—[noun] (rhet.) a kind of figure of speech, in which something absurd is picturised to establish the falsity or incorrectness of something else.
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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Partial matches: Mithya, Adhyavasiti.
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