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तक्रकौण्डिण्यन्याय: (takrakauNDiNyanyAya:)

 
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Cf. याज्ञवल्क्यस्मृति 3.257.
Ex. नहि भवति ब्राह्मणोभ्यो दधि दीयतां तक्रं कौण्डियन्यायवेति विकल्पस्तस्माद द्वयोरपि सामान्य विषयत्वमेव। लोके हि सत्यपि सम्भवे बाधनं भवति। तद्यथा दधि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो दीयतां तक्रं कौण्डिन्याय, इति सत्यपि सम्भवे दधिदानस्य तक्रदानं निवर्तकं भवति। --पतञ्जलि महाभाष्य पाणिनि, 1.1.47
An event is narrated to explain this maxim.
When direction is given to serve curds to all the Brāhmaṇas, and buttermilk to Kauṇḍiṇya, though Kauṇḍiṇya was entitled to get curds, as he was also a Brahmaṇa, this was an exception. The maxim shows that a general rule is set aside by a specific rule. This shows that there are exceptions to the general rule also.