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अपराह्नछायान्यायः (aparAhnachAyAnyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
English
आरम्भगुर्वी क्षयिणी क्रमेण लध्वी पुरा वृद्धिमती पश्चात्। दिनस्य पूर्वार्धपरार्धभिन्ना छायेव मैत्री खलसज्जनानाम्॥ --भर्तृहरि, नीतिशतक, 49
सा० 332
This maxim is based on the shadow in the afternoon which grows in length till the evening and then becomes weak slowly thereafter. Similarly the company of the wicked is very intimate in the beginning but gets reduced in the course of time.