noun
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the established end, final end or aim or purpose.
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demonstrated conclusion of an argument (of the fourth member of a syllogism following on the refutation of the pūrvapakṣna).
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settled opinion, doctrine; dogma; axiom, received or admitted truth.
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any fixed or canonical treatise on any subject (as on astronomy, philosophy, mathematics, etc.).
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one of the four clans or schools of Śaivas.