Month: March 2018

वृद्धिमिष्टवतो मूलमिति न्यायःThis maxim denotes that one who performs sacrifices is sure to prosper in life, because the gods, the givers of the rewards of Karma (rituals) being propitiated by sacrifices, good fortune must...

वृद्धकुमारीवाक्यन्यायःThis maxim is used to denote asking such a boon as will cover all that one wishes to have. The Mahabhasya says that an old virgin, when asked by Indra to choose a boon, said:n putra me bahuksaraghrtamodanam...

वीचीतरङ्गन्यायःIn the ocean one wave propels another till the first and all others in succession reach the shore. So this maxim is used to denote successive operations, as in the case of the production of...

विषभक्षनन्यायःThis maxim is used to denote a suicidal course, just as one causes suicide by drinking poison.

विषामृत्युरिति न्यायःIt is used to denote that an evil always produces a disastrous effect, just as poison causes death.