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Laukikanyāyakośa
it indicates that the lotus is not only blue but it is
it indicates that the lotus is not only blue but it is
"very much blue".
402. <headword>नृपनापितपुत्रन्यायः
This maxim is based on a legend. Once a king ordered
his barber to go around the city and find out a
handsome boy. He came across many handsome boys
but he thought that they were just like his own son.
That boy was actually very black and ugly looking.
He took his son to the king, thinking the king would
like the boy. The king became furious. The barber
argued and said that he could not find such a handsome
boy in the entire three worlds. The king was convinced
by the fact that one loves one's own possessions, however
ugly they may be!
403. <headword>नौकाग्रकाकन्यायः
Once a crow was perching on the mast of a boat in the
ocean. The ship or the boat started sailing. When the
crow felt the movement of the ship, it was frightened
and began to fly over the sea. But there was not a
single tree where it could perch on and so it returned
to the same mast again. So also, the individual self may
transmigrate anywhere but it has firm basis in the
Supreme Brahman.
404. <headword>नौनाविकन्यायः
This maxim is used to show the relation between the
carrier and the carried. This is illustrated by the boat
and the boatsman. Therefore, there is no fault of mutual
dependence.
405. <headword>न्यगोधबीजन्यायः
Even a small seed of a banyan tree grows into a big