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Laugot stuckikanyayakośa
 
into the slit and it died. This is the result of
doing things of which we are ignorant.
 
78. <headword>अशोकवनिकान्यायः
 
80.
 
got stuck into the slit and it died. This is the result of
doing things of which we are ignorant.
 
</headword>
 
Why did Rāvaṇa keep Sita in Aśokavana and not in

any other place? There is no plausible answer to this

question. Similarly a person does things according to

his own choice though there are many alternative options

before him. This is what the maxim suggests.

 
79. <headword>अश्मलोष्टन्याय:</headword> Cf. पाषाणेष्टकन्यायः
 
81.
 
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Ex. गोपालपरशुरामौ उभावप्यतीब दुर्मेधसा।
 

किन्तु अश्मलोष्टन्यायेन गोपालः परशुरामात् वरीयान्
 

 
This maxim suggests that the clod of earth is harder

than cotton but it is softer than a stone. Any quality is

not absoute. It relatively exists in various objects.
 

 
80. <headword>
अश्वतरीगर्भन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Ex. सकृदुष्टमपीष्टं यः पुनः सन्धातुमिच्छति

समृत्युमुपगृह्णति गर्भमश्वतरी यथा
 

 
Cf. वृश्चिक्रीकीगर्भन्यायः कदलीफलन्यायः
 

 
A female horse and an ass, when united, give birth to

a third type of animal called a 'mule.'. But the female

horse becomes the cause of its own death. The maxim

suggests that he who tries to unite the desirable with

the undesirable comes to ruin.
 

 
81. <headword>
अश्वत्थपत्रन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
As the leaves of the Peepal tree go on moving always,

whether there is air or not, this maxim suggests that

certain habits of a person never change. They last with
him till his death.
 

him till his death.