परिसंख्या

{ parisaṅkhyā }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   parisaṅkhyā f S A rule or precept by which, although it is couched in the form of a command or permission, a prohibition is intended. Ex. अन- ध्यायदिवसीं खेळावें, i.e. Play not on the days of study.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

परि-सं-√ ख्या    1. P. -ख्याति ( inf. ख्यातुम्), to count, enumerate, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.];

to limit to a certain number, KātyŚr. Sch.;

to reckon up, calculate, add together, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.];

to make good, restore, [Car.]; [Jaim.] Sch.

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परि सं √ ख्या

परि—संख्या  f.  2. f. enumeration, computation, sum, total, number, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

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परि संख्या

   (in phil.) exhaustive enumeration (implying exclusion of any other), limitation to that which is enumerated, [Jaim.]; [Kull.] on [Mn. iii, 45]
   (in rhet.) special mention or exclusive specification, [Kpr.]; [Sāh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

परिसंख्या [parisaṅkhyā]   2 [P.]
   To count or reckon up, add together.
   To enumerate.
   To make good, restore.
परिसंख्या [parisaṅkhyā]   1 Enumeration, computation.
   Sum, total, number: वित्तस्य विद्यापरिसंख्यया मे [R.5.21.]
   (In Mīm. phil.) Exclusion, specification, limitation to that which is enumerated or expressly mentioned, so that everything else is excluded; सांख्यदर्शनमेतावत् परिसंख्यानुदर्शनम् [Mb.12.36.42.] [परिसंख्या is opposed to विधि which lays down a rule for the first time, and to नियम which restricts the choice to an alternative which is expressly stated when several such alternatives are possible]; विधिरत्यन्तमप्राप्तौ नियमः पाक्षिकं सति । तत्र चान्यत्र च प्राप्तौ परिसंख्येति गीयते ॥ e. g. पञ्च पच्चनखा भक्ष्याः usually quoted by the Mīmāṁsakas; अयं नियमविधिर्न तु परिसंख्या Kull. on [Ms.3.45.] प्राप्तस्य पुनर्वचनं परिसंख्यार्थं भवति ŚB. on [MS.11.1.66.] परिसंख्या also means a text laying down exclusion; cf. (विधिपरिसंख्यासंशये विधिर्ज्यायान् ŚB. on [MS.6.4.7] ); also परिसंख्यायां स्वार्थहानिः, परार्थकल्पना, प्राप्तबाधश्च ।
   (In Rhet.) Special mention or exclusive specification, i. e. where with or without a query something is affirmed for the denial, expressed or understood, of something else similar to it. (this figure is particularly striking when it is based on a श्लेष or pun); यस्मिन् महीं शासति चित्रकर्मसु वर्णसंकराश्चापेषु गुणच्छेदः &c. or यस्य नूपुरेषु मुखरता विवाहेषु करग्रहणं तुरङ्गेषु कशाभिघातः &c. K; for other examples see [S. D.735.]
   Recapitulation.