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Laukikanyayakośa
 
अन्योन्यं प्रतिपक्षसन्ततिमिमां लोकस्थितिं बोधय-

न्नेष क्रीडति कूपयन्त्रघटिकान्याय प्रसंक्तो विधिः

-मृच्छकटिक, 10.59; सा० 664
 

 
In a contrivance at a well, on a rotating wheel with

many pitchers are attached to it. As the wheel goes

down, the jars are filled with water. When they come

up along with the wheel, they are emptied. Again they

go below and come up. Thus the wheel goes on filling

and emptying the jars. The fate or providence also

rotates like a wheel, changing the fortunes of human

beings. This is what a verse in Mṛcchakatika tells us.

It empties or fills up some; it elevates some and

(degrades some) makes some fall down and makes

some anxious, ( thus ) making ( all) realize this state of

things in the world--conveying the sense of the maxim

"the well machince and the buckets".
 

 
193 . <headword>कूर्मकिशोरन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
The maxim is a reflection on a man of forgetful nature,

who is compared to a female tortoise. The she-tortoise

has a forgetful nature. She forgets that she has laid

eggs. Suddenly she remembers and tries to find the

place where she had laid the eggs. This is how the

man of a forgetful nature is described.
 

 
194. <headword>कूमांङ्गन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
(i) वाचस्पति मिश्र साङ्ख्यतत्त्वकौमुदी कारिका - -9.18.
 

(ii) मुण्डकोपनिषद् --3.
 

(iii) भगवद्गीता --2.68.
 

 
Ex. यदा संहरते चायं कर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः।

इंद्रियाणि इंद्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
 

- -भगवद्गीता 2.58.