काकदन्तगवेषणन्यायः (kAkadantagaveSaNanyAyaH)
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Apte Hindi
Hindiकाकदन्तगवेषणन्यायः
काकदंतगवेषण-न्यायः -
"कौवे के दाँत ढूढना, यह न्याय उस समय प्रयुक्त होता है जब कोई व्यक्ति व्यर्थ, अलाभकारी या असंभव कार्य करता है। "
लौकिकन्यायः
EnglishEx. (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.
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