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Laukikanyāyakośa
 
a body, becomes free when the body falls down. The
Yogavāsiṣtha text refers to this maxim.
 
155. काकतालीयन्यायः
 
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 (palmyra)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. काकत्रोटिबिम्बन्यायः
 
A crow imagines that its beak is the Bimba fruit. This
maxim denotes a person who is ignorant about himself.
 
157. काकदन्तगवेषणन्यायः
 
Ex. (i) पञ्चपादिका, पृ० 53-68
जयन्त न्यायमञ्जरी, पृ० 7
 
नचिकेतो मरणं मरण सम्बन्धं प्रश्नं प्रेत्यास्तीति
नास्तीति काकदन्तपरीक्षारूपं मानुप्राक्षीमैवं 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. काकदध्युपघातन्यायः
 
A person who was going out, asked the person who