apahnutiH f. 1 Concealment of knowledge, denial. 2 (In Rhet. ) A figure of speech, in which the real character of the thing in question is denied and that of another (alien or imaginary) object is ascribed to, or superimposed upon, it; prakftaM yanniziDyAnyatsADyate sA tvapahnutiH K. P. 10 ; ( upameyamasatyaM kftvA upamAnaM satyatayA yatsTApyate sApahnutiH ); e. g. nedaM naBomaMqalamaMburASirnEtASca tArA navaPenaBaMgAH . nAyaM SaSI kuMqalitaH PaRIMdro nAsO kalaMkaH Sayito murAriH .. see also K. P. 10 and S. D. 683-84 .