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Laukikanyāyakośa
 
Once some cakes were affixed to a stick. A person
brought the news that the stick was eaten by a mouse.
The eating up of a stick conveys that the cakes have
also been eaten. the maxim based on this incident shows
that when something is destroyed, things associated
with it are also supposed to have been destroyed.
 
346. दण्डिन्यायः
 
Cf. छत्रिन्यायः
 
Some persons, walking on the street, carry sticks in
their hand and some of them do not have sticks with
them. Still the group is termed as "the one carrying
stick"
 
347. दधिक्षीरन्यायः
 
93
 
Milk is transformed into curds. This change is "transfor-
mation". But the change of rope into a serpent is false
and so it is called false change (i.e. Vivarta). The Advaita
Vedāntins believe that the worldly phenomenon is a
false change (i.e. Vivarta).
 
348. दम्पतीकलहन्यायः
 
This maxim describes the natural love between the
husband and the wife. Sometimes it appears that there
is no love lost between them, especially when they
quarrel bitterly but ultimately both of them display their
mutual love.
 
349. दर्पणप्रतिबिम्बन्यायः
 
Ex. अन्तरस्मिन्निमे लोका अन्तर्विश्वमिदं जगत् ।
बहिर्वन्मायया भाति दर्पणे प्रतिबिम्बवत् ॥
 
The worldly phenomenon of the world is reflected in
the Brahman, as objects are reflected in the mirror.