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रेखागवयन्यायः (rekhAgavayanyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
English
Cf. (i) वाचस्पति मिश्र तात्पर्य टीका, पृ० 457. (ii) वेदान्तकल्पतरु, पृ० 363
Once a villager asked a person the meaning of the word Gavaya (a wild bull). The man made a sketch of the animal with the help of some lines. The villager got some idea after seeing the picture. When he went to the forest, he saw a peculiar type of bull, resembling the picture drawn by that man. He could identify it to be a Gavaya. The maxim based on this incident says that a man gets some vague idea about the Ātmã. But with the help of a teacher, he gets a clear, distinct idea about the self.