vyAGAtaH 1 Striking against. 2 A blow, stroke. 3 An impediment, obstacle. 4 Contradiction. 5 Disobedience; praTamaM tAvanmamAjYAvyAGAtaH Mu. 3. 6 A figure of speech in which opposite effects are shown to be produced from the same cause or by the same agency; it is thus defined by Mammaṭa: — tadyaTA sADitaM kenApyapareRa tadanyaTA . taTEva yadviDIyeta sa vyAGAta iti smftaH K. P. 10 ; e. g. see Vb. 1. 2 , or the quotation under virUpAkza .