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helping hands. Rāma had undertaken a noble task of

killing Rāvaṇa and the Rākṣasas. So all the gods

supported him.
 
Laukikanyayakośa
 

 
111. <headword>उपसर्गन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
उपसर्गेण धात्वर्थो बलादन्यत्र नीयते

प्रहाराहारसंहारविहारपरिहारवत्
 

 
In Sanskrit, there are some prefixes which are placed

before the roots. When the prefix is fixed before the

original root, it often causes some change in the meaning

of the root. This maxim envisages that situation in

which many imports are expected from one object.

 
112. <headword>उभयतस्पाशरज्जुन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Ex. यद्यपि न बोधस्तथापि विकल्पस्तावत् प्राप्नोति

न हि तुल्यार्थानां क्वाचत् समुच्चयो दृष्टः

सेयमुभयस्तस्पाशा रज्जुः।
 

- -तन्त्रवार्तिक III.6.42
 

 
अभाव: कारणमेव न भवतीति चेत्
 

तदा वक्तन्यमभावस्य कार्यत्वमस्ति न वा।
 

यदि नास्ति तदा घटप्रध्वसानुत्पत्त्या घटस्य नित्यताप्रसङ्गः

अथास्ति किमपराद्व कारणत्वमेवेति सेयमुभयतस्पाशा

रज्जुः
 

- -सर्वदर्शनसंग्रहः, बौद्धप्रकरण, पृ० 282
 

 
Fetters on one side and a rope on the other. One rope

can fasten a thing from both its ends. It leads to an

impasse between the two horns of a dilemma. This

maxim underlines that situation of impasse.
 

 
113. <headword>उलूखलमुसलन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
This maxim refers to an imaginery conversation between

a mortar and a pestle. The mortar went to a pestle and

complained that it is being beaten always. The pestle,