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रथकाराधिकरणन्यायः (rathakArAdhikaraNanyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
English
Ex. आधाने श्रूयते वर्षासु रथकार आदधीतेति, चेत् नैवम्। सङ्कीर्णजातिविशेषे रूढत्वात्। वैश्यायां क्षत्रियादुत्पन्नो महिष्यः। शूद्रायां वैश्यादुत्पन्नः करणी। तस्यां करण्यां माहिष्यादुत्पन्नो रथकारः। तथां याज्ञवल्क्यः। माहिष्येण करण्यां तु रथकार: प्रजायते। इति। --जैमिनीयन्यायमाला विस्तार
The word Rathakāra means a man fashioning a chariot, a carpenter. But he is not included among the first three Varṇas Thus the conventional meaning is stronger than the derivative meaning. This is what is conveyed by the maxim. A child of a Vaisya lady and a Śudra husband is 'Karaṇi' When a son is born from Karaṇi and a Māhiṣya husband, he is called a Rathakāra. 569.