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132
 
Laukikanyayakośa
 
the tree arise out of the seed"? Actually, their relation

is beginningless. Both of them serve as cause of each

other. The maxim tells that it is possible to establish

priority of one over the other. Their relation is

beginningless.
 

 
487. <headword>ब्राह्मणग्रामन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Cf. मल्लग्रामन्यायः
 

 
Many kinds of people live in a town. There are

Brāhmaṇas as well as other types of people also. But if

the number of Brāhmaṇa inhabitants is more, then the

town will be known as the Brāhmaṇa town. The maxim

shows that the majority of the type of people is the

main criteria for considering the name of the town.
 

--सा० 27
 

 
488. <headword>ब्राह्मणपरिव्राजकन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Ex. Cf. ब्राह्मणश्रमणन्यायः शाबरभाष्य, मीमांसासूत्र-2.1.43
 

इतो ब्राह्मणा भोज्यन्तामितः परिव्राजका इति ।
 

- -सा० 203; ब्रह्मसूत्र, शाङ्करभाष्य 1.4.16; 2.3.15; 3.1.11

 
The word Brāhmaṇa is a common word, denoting the

Brāhmaṇa caste. But when the word mendicant-

Parivrājaka comes as the final word in a compound

with the word 'Brāhmaṇa', it means a Brāhmaṇa other

than a mendicant. In order to differentiate between the

Brāhmaṇas and the mendicants, the compound means

the mendicants other than the Brāhmaṇas, as some

mendicants are likely to be Brāhmaṇas by caste.
 

 
489. <headword>ब्राह्मणवसिष्ठन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Cf. तक्रकौण्डिन्यन्यायः
 

 
The sentence Brāhmaṇa has come and Vasiṣṭha has