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खलेकपोतन्यायः (khalekapotanyAyaH)

 
Apte
English
खलेकपोतन्यायः [khalēkapōtanyāyḥ], The maxim of the pigeons flocking together on the open ground to pick up grains of corn, simultaneously
अर्थेन प्रधानोपकारेण खलेकपोतवत् युगपत् संनि- पतन्त्यङ्गानि ŚB. on MS.* 11.1.16.
लौकिकन्यायः
English
Ex. वृद्धा युवानः शिशवः कपोताः खले यथामी युगपत् पतन्ति।
तथैव सर्वे युगपत्पदार्थाः परस्परेणान्वयिनो भवन्ति॥
The maxim takes its origin from an incident. Pigeons see some grains on the ground of the field. All the pigeons alight on the field together and not individually or separately. Similarly, the words in a sentence convey the meaning of the sentence as a whole and not individually. This maxim also describes the events when many causes bring about one and the same effect. It is also the basis of the figure of speech called Samuccaya. --सा० 183