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may offer gold to the devotee if she is pleased with
him. But conch "Śank
The maxim maintains that a goddess called "Sankhini
may offer gold to the devotee if she is pleased with
him. But conch "Sankha" which simply produces soun
(Laporaka) does not give anything. Just by similarity
in name, one should not expect even a cowrie from the
S
Śankha (the conch).
--सा० 938
587. <headword>लवणामलकीन्यायः
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The maxim speaks about unexpected meeting of person
which is like the coming together of an
from the forest and salt from the sea. Though the
original taste of these two is different, the combined
taste is very sweet.
588
Garlic has a strong, lingering smell, so it is considered
unholy and prohibited in the Śāstras. It has medicinal
value also. One patient with an intention of curing his
disease, ate it. But to his bad fate, his disease was not
cured. He committed a sin by eating that prohibited
thing. So he suffered from double disadvantage by
eating garlic. The maxim aims at describing an act of
double disadvantage by giving the example of garlic.
589
Ex. यस्मिन्नेव सन्ताने ह्याहिता कर्मवासना
फलं तत्रैव बध्नाति कार्पासे रक्तता यथ।
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If cotton seeds are sprinkled over with the lac dye and
then sown in the ground, the cotton yield which grows
in the field in due course of time is also red cotton.
in the field in due course of time is also red cotton.
Taking this example of the red cotton yield, the maxim
says implicitly that the actions in this birth are tinged
with the subliminal impressions.