Alternative spellings of this word include Upacharachchhala.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upacāracchala (उपचारच्छल).—A kind of fallacious inference to be refuted by reference to the real sense of a word used metaphorically, e. g. if any one from the sentence मञ्चाः क्रोशन्ति (mañcāḥ krośanti) were to conclude that the मञ्च (mañca) (platform) really cries and not persons on the platform. Nyāyadarśana.

Derivable forms: upacāracchalam (उपचारच्छलम्).

Upacāracchala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upacāra and cchala (च्छल).

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

Upacāracchala (उपचारच्छल):—[=upa-cāra-cchala] [from upa-cāra > upa-car] n. a kind of fallacious inference (to be refuted by reference to the real sense of a word used metaphorically e.g. if any one from the sentence ‘the platform cries’ were to conclude that the platform really cries and not persons on the platform), [Nyāya; Nyāyakośa]

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Partial matches: Upacara.

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