Month: December 2017

भैरवन्यायःIt takes its origin from a story which runs as follows:n Once there was a Brahmin named Bhairaba who grew very conceited on account of the honour and respects he received at the hands of the king. The foolish Brahmin...

भूलिङ्गपक्षिन्यायःThis maxim takes its origin from the fact that this bird gathers bits of flesh from the jaws of lion, and is used to denote extra-ordinary courage.

भूदेवब्राह्मणन्यायःIt takes its origin from a king being loved and honoured by his subjects, whereas a Brahmin, the seer of truth and the knower of Brahman, is Bhudeva or king of the whole earth, loved and honoured as he is...

भिक्षुभियस्थल्यनधिस्रयनन्यायःThis maxim is used to signify the miserlines of a person as he refrains from cooking his food in the presence of a beggar lest the latter should beg for a...

भिक्षुपादप्रसारणन्यायःIt takes its origin from a story that one day a beggar went to a rich man’s house. Thinking that his object would not be gained if he were to make a clean breast of his wants all at once, he first...