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of the weighing pan or even jump inside the pan. The

maxim describes an uncertain, chaotic situation.
 

 
520 . <headword>मण्डूकप्लुतिन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
The habit of a frog is to leap forward skipping over

some intermediary thing. Wherever some intermediary

steps are omitted, while jumping upto the further one,

this maxim called the maxim of "the frog's leap"

becomes applicable. For example in a group of four

Sūtras of Panini, the first sūtra is not repeated in the

second one, it jumps to the fourth one, leaving the

middle two sūtras.
 

 
521 . <headword>मण्डूकमक्षिकान्यायः
 
</headword>
 
A frog which is caught in the mouth of a snake and is

on the point of destruction, tries to catch a fly which

comes in front of it. Thus the maxim shows that greed

does not die even in front of death.
 

 
522. <headword>प्रसकाशिनीन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
If a very beauliful lady (Mattakāsinī) to whom many

paramours are easily available, displays her passion for

birds and aninals, how astonishing it is! This maxim

expresses that astonishment when one expresses one's

satisfaction on lesser benefit when ample benefits are

available.
 

--सा० 173
 
523. <headword>मत्स्यकण्टकन्यायः
 
- सा० 173
 
</headword>
 
यथा कश्चिन्मासार्थी मत्स्यान् सशकलान् सकण्टकानाहरति

नान्तरीयकत्वात् । स यावदादेयं तावदादाय शकलकण्टका-

नुत्सृजति ।
 

 
A fisherman catches a fish as a whole with its shells

also. He removes the thorny parts from its body before