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Laukikanyāyakośa
 
a body, becomes free when the body falls down. The

Yogavāsiṣthḥa text refers to this maxim.
 

 
155. <headword>काकतालीयन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Ex. तालः करतलयोः शब्दजनकः संयोगः । तस्मिन् क्रियमाणे

उत्पतन् काको दैवात् तत्र तालाभ्यामाक्रान्तोऽभूत् । तदेतत्

काकतालीयमुच्यते ।
 

- -नीलकण्ठटीका, महाभारत, शान्ति० 12.17.11.
 

 
If a crow perches on the branch of a Tala āla(palmyra)tree
tree
it breaks. It does not give way owing to the weight of

the crow. As such, the maxim describes the events

which take place casually or by coincidence. Various

explanations are given about the relation of the crow

and the branch of the Tāla tree.
 

 
156. <headword>काकत्रोटिबिम्बन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
A crow imagines that its beak is the Bimba fruit. This

maxim denotes a person who is ignorant about himself.
 

 
157. <headword>काकदन्तगवेषणन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Ex. (i) पञ्चपादिका, पृ० 53-68

(ii) जयन्त न्यायमञ्जरी, पृ० 7
 

 
नचिकेतो मरणं मरण सम्बन्धं प्रश्नं प्रेत्यास्तीति

नास्तीति काकदन्तपरीक्षारूपं मानुप्राक्षीर्मैवं वक्तुमर्हसि ।

--शाङ्करभाष्यं, कठोपनिषद् 1.25
 

 
Finding out or counting the teeth of a crow is an

impossible task. It is a waste of time in doing such a

useless work. This sense of useless task and wasting

our precious time in doing fruitless work is conveyed

by this maxim.
 

 
158. <headword>काकदध्युपघातन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
A person who was going out, asked the person who