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शतपत्रपत्रभेदनन्यायः (zatapatrapatrabhedananyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
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Cf. शतपत्रशतन्याय:, शतपत्रशातनन्यायः अत्रव्यङ्ग्यप्रतीतेविभाषादि प्रतीतिकारणकत्पात् प्रकमोऽवश्यमस्ति। किन्तुपलपत्रशत व्यतिभेदवल्लधवान् संलक्ष्यते। --साहित्यदर्पण
२. यत्प्रदीपत्रप्रभाद्युक्तं सूक्ष्मकालोऽस्ति तत्र नः। दुर्लक्षस्तु यथा वेधः पद्मपत्रशते यथा॥ --श्लोकवार्तिक, 137.
The maxim speaks about a particular delusion. That event takes place simultaneously sometime when a sharp needle is pierced through the hundred petals of a lotus flower. Their softness creates a delusion that all the hundred petals are pierced simutaneously, the needle has to loose the contact with the earlier one and then contact the next one. But this takes place so quickly, that a delusion is created that the needle has pierced the petals at the same time.