nirUQa a. 1 Conventional, become current in popular usage, accepted (as the meaning of a word, as opposed to its yOgika or etymological sense); dyOrna kAcidaTavAsti nirUQA sEva sA calati yatra hi cittaM N. 5. 57 . 2 Unmarried. 3 Drawn out, purged. — QaH 1 Inherence (as of ‘redness’ in the word ‘red’). 2 (In Rhet. ) The accepted and popular meaning of a word. Comp. — lakzaRA a lakṣaṇā or secondary use of a word which is based not on the vivakṣā or particular intention of the speaker, but on its accepted and popular sense.