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Laukikanyayakośa
 
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the two rooms, the lamp light spreads in both the rooms.

This gives rise to a maxim and constitutes the basis of

the figure of speech called 'Diīpaka', in which an object

or its attribute illumines the entire sentence.
 

 
373. <headword>देहाधोमुखन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Cf.
 
आकाशपरिच्छन्नन्यायः
 

 
A man suffering from rheumatic disease, hangs his

head down. But when that disease ( disappears disappears) is cured,

he becomes a normal man and sits erect. So also, the

physical diseases from the body, disappear when their

cause becomes extinct.
 

 
374. <headword>द्राविडप्राणायामन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
The maxim refers to a practice, prevalent among the.

Dravid people. While practising breath control (Prānṇā-

yama), they hold the nose with the hand in a round

about way instead of holding it directly from the front

facing. This generally refers to the habit of some people

who take a long, round about way of doing any work.

 
375. <headword>धनञ्जय न्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Ex. निषोधमहिम्ना बाधितेऽपि द्वैते वाक्यजबोधस्य धनञ्जय-

न्यायेन बाधकत्वोपपत्तेः ।
 

यथाहुः नित्यबोधपरिपीडितं जगद् विभ्रमं नुदति वाक्यजा

मतिः ।
 

वासुदेवनिहतं धनञ्जयो हन्ति कौरवकुलं यथा पुनः ॥

- -रघुनाथ, लौकिकन्यायसाहस्त्रीयुद्धृतः
 

 
This maxim indicates that a particular work can be

repeated. Śrikṛṣṇa had already defeated the Kauravas

in a divine manner but Arjuna did the same thing