Year: 2018

रज्जुसर्पन्यायःThis maxim takes its origin from mistaking a cord by delusion for a serpent, and denotes the false impression under which men are seen to labour sometimes.

रक्तपटन्यायःThis maxim is used to denote that a female wearing red cloth is taken to be one whose husband is alive.

योजनप्राप्ययङ्कावेर्यं मल्लबन्धनन्यायःThe Kaveri and the Kaivarla (a fisherman.) It takes its origin from the conduct of a man who wanted to go across the river Kaveri, and so took with him a fisherman for the purpose, but...

येनोपक्रमतेयेनोपसन्ह्रियतेसवक्यर्थैति न्यायःThis means that a sentence or a speech is what has beggining and conclusion, i.e. what begins to say some thing about an object and finishes completely what is to be said abot that...

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...