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Laukikanyâyakośa
 
391 . <headword>नान्तरीयकन्यायः
 
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स्वरितात् संहितार्थामनुदात्तानाम्
 

-
-Bhāṣya on P. I.2.39;
 
सा० 619
 

 
A person fetches paddy. He removes chaff and other
unwanted things and collects rice only for his food.

unwanted things and collects rice only for his food.
The maxim exorts people to accept essential things and

reject unessential, unwanted things.
 

 
392. <headword>नारिकेलतृणन्यायः
 
105
 
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This maxim is used to illustrate some impossible

incidents. It refers to the following conversation-
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One person asked a calf--"Why did you climb the
 

coconut tree"
 

Calf replied--"to eat grass."
 
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Both the question and answer are impossible and silly.

 
393. <headword>नारिकेलफलाम्बुन्यायः
 
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This maxim is related to a mystery. There is sweet cool

water inside a coconut which has got a hard, strong

tough cover outside. Equally mysterious is the
phenomenon of the world which emerges from the

phenomenon of the world which emerges from the
Brahman. So is the case with the mysterious sojourns

of Laksmī that is wealth or prosperity. No one knows
how it comes and how many days she remains.
 

how it comes and how many days she remains.
 
394. <headword>नाविकन्यायः
 
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If the boatsman is present but the boat is not there or if

the boat is there but the boatsman is absent, there is no

use of having either of them. Both the things are

dependent on each other. The maxim suggests that

when two things are dependent on each other, the