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experiences. Such group of words is also called a maxim or
an adage. As it is strongly based on the behaviour of worldly
beings, the word (maxim), the ultimate or the final word of
which is Nyāya. It also conveys some special type of behaviour
not only of the human being but also of the birds and animals.
The maxim, thus fo.med, does not always directly indicate
the pattern of behaviour, unless the pattern involved is
expatiated. Thus many Nyāyas are properly understood by
the references to the context of the anecdotes or events.
The Śāstras Sūtras are very brief and some what
incomprehensible at the beginning. So also the maxims are
brief, mostly embodied in one compound with vague or
concealed incidents. The maxim can be reframed into a
sentence with a slight change. Nyāya is connected with the
group of words where in the Nyāya converts some incident
into an adage. It is, however, endowed with some significance.
A Nyāya can be contrasted with an idiom. The Advance
Oxford dictionary defines an idiom as a phrase or a sentence
whose meaning is not clear from the meaning of its individual
words and which must be learnt as a whole unit. The maxim
or a Nyāya is the crystalization of some event or a legend.
Buhler calls the Nyāya as the inferences from familiar utte-
rances. The Oxford diction defines maxim as a saying that
expresses a general truth or a rule of conduct. There are
such maxims in English as well as in other languages but
they are crystalized in Nyāya type phrases of Sanskrit. The
Nyāyas are condensed legends, throwing light on the human
behaviour (and that of other beings also). The Nyāyas per-
meates wide spheres of human beings, animals, trees and
even inanimate objects. Some scholars have tried to collect as
many maxims as possible and have given explanations, based
on their usages in several Sanskrit works.
Colonel G.A. Jacob has collected Nyāyas which are
an adage. As it is strongly based on the behaviour of worldly
beings, the word (maxim), the ultimate or the final word of
which is Nyāya. It also conveys some special type of behaviour
not only of the human being but also of the birds and animals.
The maxim, thus fo.med, does not always directly indicate
the pattern of behaviour, unless the pattern involved is
expatiated. Thus many Nyāyas are properly understood by
the references to the context of the anecdotes or events.
The Śāstras Sūtras are very brief and some what
incomprehensible at the beginning. So also the maxims are
brief, mostly embodied in one compound with vague or
concealed incidents. The maxim can be reframed into a
sentence with a slight change. Nyāya is connected with the
group of words where in the Nyāya converts some incident
into an adage. It is, however, endowed with some significance.
A Nyāya can be contrasted with an idiom. The Advance
Oxford dictionary defines an idiom as a phrase or a sentence
whose meaning is not clear from the meaning of its individual
words and which must be learnt as a whole unit. The maxim
or a Nyāya is the crystalization of some event or a legend.
Buhler calls the Nyāya as the inferences from familiar utte-
rances. The Oxford diction defines maxim as a saying that
expresses a general truth or a rule of conduct. There are
such maxims in English as well as in other languages but
they are crystalized in Nyāya type phrases of Sanskrit. The
Nyāyas are condensed legends, throwing light on the human
behaviour (and that of other beings also). The Nyāyas per-
meates wide spheres of human beings, animals, trees and
even inanimate objects. Some scholars have tried to collect as
many maxims as possible and have given explanations, based
on their usages in several Sanskrit works.
Colonel G.A. Jacob has collected Nyāyas which are