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Laua man runs away in fear, lookikanng at an emptyā
scabbard, he will be called the stupid coward. This
maxim describes a man who feels frightened byakośa
 
a man runs away in fear, looking at an empty
scabbard, he will be called the stupid coward. This
ma some
exim describes a man who feels frightened by some
external appearance of danger.
 
ternal appearance of danger.
 
213. <headword>खण्डितशाखान्यायः
 
</headword>
 
The maxim states that even if a branch of a tree gives

way, sprouts are seen growing from the place from

which it is broken. Similarly, if a good or prosperous

man loses something, it does not require much time

for him to recover.
 

 
214. <headword>खपुष्पन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
The flower of the sky is a fictitous notion. This maxim

thereby, is applied to an impossible, non-existing thing!
 

 
215. <headword>खराश्वन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Cf. खरीविषाणन्यायः
 

 
This maxim hints at a wonderful and an astonishing
situation and at the same time an impossible and an

situation and at the same time an impossible and an
unimaginable thing in which a horse may be converted

into an ass or vice versa.
 

 
216. <headword>खरीपाषाणन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
'Khariī' means a vessel made of wood or stone.

The maxim originates from a legend. A milk vender
or
used to carry milk into two vessels, hanging on both

the sides of the bamboo, and carrying the stick on his

shoulders. Later he used to get one pot-full of milk

only. So he tied a stone of equal weight on the other

side of the stick. When the people asked him about the

stone, he said if he carried only one vessel, he may

lose the habit of carrying the weight of two pots.

Moreover, the milk pot does not shake. All this shows