Month: January 2018

यूकभिया कन्यात्यागन्यायःIt takes its origin from a daughter being turned out of doors for fear of the lice that infested her hair; and is used to denote the folly of a coward who is preapared rather to part with a valuable...

यवत्तैलं तावद् व्याख्यानमिति न्यायःThis maxim originates from the fact that one can go on with one’s study in the light of a lamp so long as there is oil in the hold of the lamp to enable it to burn and is used to denote...

यत्रसम्मुखं तत्रसचपेतैति न्यायःIt is used to denote that a measure must be taken for controlling one must be sufficiently strong in consideration of the particular case in question, just as the slap administered to a man must be...

यस्यज्ञानं भ्रमस्तस्यैति न्यायःIt is used to denote that the darkness of ignorance is chased away as soon as the light of knowledge appears.

यद्विवाहस्तद्गोतमिति न्यायःThis maxim originates from the fact that in a marriage procession, the bridegroom is the most important figure to whom all eyes are directed, and who is the subject of talk in every mouth; and is used...