व्यतिरेक 1 Distinction, difference.
2 Separation from.
3 Exclusion, exception.
4 Excellence, surpassing, excelling.
5 Contrast, dissimilarity.
6 (In logic) Logical discontinuance (opp. अन्वय q. v.); यत्र साध्याभावस्तत्र हेत्वभा- व इति व्यतिरेकव्याप्तिः (e. g. यत्र वह्निर्ना- स्ति तत्र धूमो नास्ति is an instance of व्यतिरेकव्याप्ति).
7 (In Rhet.) A figure of speech which consists in representing the Upameya as superior to the Upamāna in some particular respects; उपमानाद्यदन्यस्य व्यति- रेकः स एव सः K. P. 10. (व्यतिरेकेण means ‘except, without’; व्यतिरेके ‘on the contrary supposition.’).
−Comp.
−व्याप्ति see व्यतिरेक (6) above.