vipakṣa

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. Hostile, inimical, ad- verse, contrary. --kṣaḥ 1 An enemy, adversary, opponent; guṇāstasya vipa- kṣepi guṇino lebhireṃtaraṃ R. 17. 75; Śi. 11. 59. --2 A rival or fellow wife; R. 19. 20. --3 A disputant; Ki. 17. 43. --4 (In logic) A negative instance, an instance on the opposite side, (i. e. that in which the sādhya or major term is not found); niścitasādhyābhāvavān vipakṣaḥ T. S.; Mu. 5. 10. --5 (In gram.) An...

[mw] mfn. deprived of wings R. 973,1 197502 m. being on a different side., an opponent, adversary, enemy (mfn. counteracting Ja1takam.;) Inscr.; Ka1v.; Katha1s. 973,1 197503 m. a disputant Kir. 973,1 197504 m. a female rival Ragh.; S3is3. 973,1 197505

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a. Hostile, inimical, ad- verse, contrary. --kṣaḥ 1 An enemy, adversary, opponent; guṇāstasya vipa- kṣepi guṇino lebhireṃtaraṃ R. 17. 75; Śi. 11. 59. --2 A rival or fellow wife;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

29

Texts Appeared In

14

DCS: branched; forked; branchless; handless; born under the constellation Viśākhā | Monier-Williams: (in logic) a counter-statement, counter-instance, argument proving the contrary

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Āryāsaptaśatī 5 17.2%
2. Hitopadeśa 3 10.3%
3. Kirātārjunīya 3 10.3%
4. Tantrāloka 3 10.3%
5. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 2 6.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: vipakṣa

  vipakṣaśīlanāt pūrvaḥ karmajaḥ karmasaṃkṣayāt

• Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha surface: vipakṣa

  satyeva vipakṣaśīlane'niṣṭakarmakṣayāddaivikānām

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: vipakṣaḥ

  savipakṣo jvaraṃ kuryād viṣamaṃ kṣayavṛddhibhāk