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Laukikanyāyakośa
 
In the game of chess, a soldier piece generally moves

one square straight but it can move slantingly or

crookedly, if there is any chance of killing the opposite

piece. The maxim can be applied to a wicked person

who appears to move in a straight manner but may

take crooked turn to kill somebody.
 

 
417. <headword>पद्मपत्रस्थिततोयन्यायः
 
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Ex. (i) पद्मपत्रस्थितं तोयं धत्ते मुक्ताफलश्रियम् ।

महाजनस्य सम्पर्कः कस्य नोन्नतिकारकः ॥
 
(1)
 
(2)
 

- -पञ्चतन्त्र 3.59
 

 
(ii) मुक्ताकारतया तदेव नलिनीपत्र स्थितं राजते।

- -भर्तृहरि, नीतिशतक 58
 
(3)
 
(ii)
 

 
(iii) लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसि ।
 
This maxim is based on the phenomenon of some water
drops on a lotus
-leaf. These water-drops do not last
for a long time on the lotus leaf. They suggest the
following points:-
All creation is transitory.
 
-भगवद्गीता 5-10; सा० 807
 

 
This maxim is based on the phenomenon of some water
drops on a lotus-leaf. These water-drops do not last
for a long time on the lotus leaf. They suggest the
following points:-
(1) All creation is transitory.
 
(2) The company of the great, though temporary, is

always benevolent. The water-drops on the lotus

leaf, though temporary, shine like pearls so long
as they remain on the leaf.
 

as they remain on the leaf.
 
(3) All worldly contacts are momentary. Similarly

a man of well balanced intellect or a man of

mental and physical control lives in the world
with complete detachment.
 

with complete detachment.
 
418. <headword>पनसोदुम्बरादिवदितिन्यायः
 
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The maxim refers to a natural phenomenon. Generally,