viśeṣaṇa

[apte] a. 1 Attributive. --2 Dis- tinctive. --ṇaṃ 1 Distinguishing, discrimination. --2 Distinction, difference. --3 A word which parti- cularizes, qualifies, or defines ano- ther, an adjective, attribute, epi- thet (opp. viśeṣya); upapannamidaṃ vi- śeṣaṇaṃ vāyoḥ V. 3; viśeṣaṇairyatsākūtai- ruktiḥ parikarastu saḥ K. P. 10. (viśeṣaṇa is said to be of three kinds vyāvartaka, vidheya, and hetugarbha). --4 A distinguish- ing...