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देहलीदीपन्याय (dehalIdIpanyAya)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
देहली-दीप-न्याय
m.
 the rule of the lamp placed over the threshold (i.e. giving light to both sides, and so serving a twofold purpose),
A.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
देहलीदीपन्यायः
पुं*
 देहलीदीप-न्यायः -
"देहली पर स्थापित दीपक का न्याय, जब दीपक को देहली पर रख दिया जाता है तो इसका प्रकाश देहली के दोनों ओर होता हैअतः यह न्याय उस समय प्रयुक्त किया जाता है जब एक ही वस्तु दो स्थानों पर काम आवे।"
L R Vaidya
English
dehalI-dIpa˚nyAya {% m. %} the maxim of the lamp, hung over the threshold. The maxim takes its origin from such a lamp lighting the rooms on either side of the threshold, and is applied to indicate something serviceable in a double capacity.