Laukika-nyāya-kośa /192

Lauimprobable things likie the horns of a hare. The rabbit
does not have horns. It is only figment of imagination
that we thinkanyaya of this kośa
 
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improbaind of impossible things like the horns of a hare. The rabbit
does not have horns. It is only figinent of imagination
that we think of this kind of impossible things.
 
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666. <headword>शाखाचङ्ङ्क्रमणन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Jumping from one branch to the other branch of a tree

like the monkeys. The maxim is applicable to those

persons who jump from one topic to another, without

treating one topic thoroughly.
 

 
667. <headword>शाखाचन्द्रन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Ex. तरुशाखाग्रदृष्ट्यैव सोमं यद्वत् प्रदर्शयेत्।

निष्कोशं कोशदृष्ट्यैव प्रचीति ब्रह्म दृश्यते ॥
 

- -तैत्तिरीय भाष्य वार्तिक 2.1.232; सा० 249
 

 
The maxim applies to the action of a man. He wants to

show the moon of the second day of the bright half of

the month. But he points out to some other constellation,

seen through the branches of a tree. The moon is hidden

behind the branches. Slowly he tries to divert the
attention to the moon.
 

attention to the moon.
 
668. <headword>शिखाकर्पूरन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
When camphor is burnt over the flame of a lamp, the

lamp may continue to burn for sometime but it

extinguishes soon and even the camphor extinguishes

with it. This example is adopted by this maxim which

is used when the thing and its substratum both perish
at the same time.
 

at the same time.
 
669. <headword>शिरोवेष्टनेन नासिकास्पर्शन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Cf. द्राविड प्राणायामन्यायः शिरोवेष्टनेनाङ्गुल्या नासिका

प्रवेशवत् ।

- -विज्ञानभिक्षु, ब्रह्मसूत्र टीका, 3.3.7
 

 
This is another version of Draāviḍa pranayama. If a