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# Vakyapadiya 2.160

Vākyapadīya 2.160

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya.2.160)

yenārthenābhisaṃbaddham abhidhānaṃ prayujyate  
tadarthāpagame tasya prayogo vinivartate //

> When a designation is used as connected with a particular object,  
> upon the departure of that object, its usage ceases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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