vyatirekaH 1 Distinction, difference. 2 Separation from. 3 Exclusion, exception. 4 Excellence, surpassing, excelling. 5 Contrast, dissimilarity. 6 (In logic) Logical discontinuance ( opp. anvaya q. v. ); yatra sADyABAvastatra hetvaBAva iti vyatirekavyAptiH ( e. g. yatra vahnirnAsti tatra DUmo nAsti is an instance of vyatirekavyApti ). 7 (In Rhet. ) A figure of speech which consists in representing the Upameya as superior to the Upamāna in some particular respects; upamAnAdyadanyasya vyatirekaH sa eva saH K. P. 10. ( vyatirekeRa means ‘except, without’; vyatireke ‘on the contrary supposition.’). Comp. — vyApti see vyatireka (6) above.