aprastuta a. 1 Unsuitable to the time or subject, not to the point, irrelevant. 2 Absurd, nonsensical; re goraMBa kimaprastutaM lapasi Pt. 1. 3 Accidental or extraneous. 4 Not ready. Comp. — praSaMsA a figure of speech which, by describing the aprastuta (what is not the subject matter) conveys a reference to the prastuta or subjectmatter; aprastutapraSaMsA sA yA sEva prastutASrayA K. P. 10. It is of 5 kinds: — kArye nimitte sAmAnye viSeze prastute sati . tadanyasya vacastulye tulyasyeti ca paMcaDA .. i. e. when the subject matter is viewed ( a ) as an effect, information of which is conveyed by stating the cause; ( b ) when viewed as a cause by stating the effect; ( c ) when viewed as a general assertion by stating a particular instance; ( d ) when viewed as a particular instance by stating a general assertion; and ( e ) when viewed as similar by stating what is similar to it, see K. P. 10 ; and S. D. 706 for examples.