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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.
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
Ex. सकृदुष्टमपीष्टं यः पुनः सन्धातुमिच्छति
समृत्युमुपगृह्णति गर्भमश्वतरी यथा
Cf. वृश्चि
A female horse and an ass, when united, give birth to
a third type of animal called a 'mule
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
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.