apakarzaH 1 ( a ) Drawing off or down; diminution, decrease, reduction; medo'pakarzAt Dk. 160 ; loss, decay, decline, destruction; tejopakarzaH Ve. 1 ; deterioration, inferiority; utkarzApakarzavihIno maDyaH Sk. ( b ) Dishonour, degradation, lowering (of esteem), infamy, disgrace ( opp. utkarza in all senses); tapobIjapraBAvEstu te gacCaMti yuge yuge . utkarzaM cApakarzaM ca manuzyezviha janmataH .. Ms. 10. 42 ; mUlyotkarza° rise and fall in price, increase and decrease. 2 Anticipated performance of a duty, as of a Śrāddha. 3 Anticipation of a word occurring later on (in gram. , poetry or Mīmāṃsā &c.). Comp. — samaH a sort of fallacy; e. g. sound has not the quality of shape, as a jar, so sound and a jar have no qualities in common.