aprakfta a. 1 Not principal or chief, incidental, occasional. 2 Not relevant to the subject under discussion, not to the point, irrelevant; see prakfta, prastuta ; aprakftaM anusaMDA ‘to beat about the bush’, not to come to the point. — taM (In Rhet. ) upamAna i. e. the standard of comparison ( opp. prakfta or upameya ).