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THE SEVENTH LECTURE.
363
This maxim is a very favourite one with Jimuta-
vahana. He applies it more than once. It means a
portion. The Nyaya arose thus : a cake was placed
upon a staff and left at the corner of a house. In the
morning, the cake was missing, and it was found that
parts of the staff had b'een bitten off, evidently by a
rat. Under these circumstances, it must be presumed
that the rat who bit off parts of the staff must have
eaten up the cake. ’
*31) The maxim---‘Prevention is better than cure.’ 1
Literally, ‘better not to touch the mud than to have
to wash it off.'
This Nyaya is mentioned by Sreekrishna Tarkalan-
kara, in his commentary on Dayabhaga.
(32) Where the reason of a thing is found by
perception, it is not proper to seek for aby other proof
for it.2
It is on a similar basis that Jaimini regards the
Mantras to be mere Niyamas regarding tangible
objects.
(33) The maxim of the Brahmin Bandhu ascetic.:i
It means that where a person is converted from one
creed to another, but yet retains the denomination of
his former creed, such an expression is used. It is pretty
clear that according to the Hindu Law, conversion to
Buddhism did not cause a forfeiture of the rights of a
Brahmin as a citizen ; as regards civil rigXts, no ‘such
forfeiture was caused, as under the principle of
1 I
2 rr v*crq?f xfu 1
3 *u=sr; 1
363
This maxim is a very favourite one with Jimuta-
vahana. He applies it more than once. It means a
portion. The Nyaya arose thus : a cake was placed
upon a staff and left at the corner of a house. In the
morning, the cake was missing, and it was found that
parts of the staff had b'een bitten off, evidently by a
rat. Under these circumstances, it must be presumed
that the rat who bit off parts of the staff must have
eaten up the cake. ’
*31) The maxim---‘Prevention is better than cure.’ 1
Literally, ‘better not to touch the mud than to have
to wash it off.'
This Nyaya is mentioned by Sreekrishna Tarkalan-
kara, in his commentary on Dayabhaga.
(32) Where the reason of a thing is found by
perception, it is not proper to seek for aby other proof
for it.2
It is on a similar basis that Jaimini regards the
Mantras to be mere Niyamas regarding tangible
objects.
(33) The maxim of the Brahmin Bandhu ascetic.:i
It means that where a person is converted from one
creed to another, but yet retains the denomination of
his former creed, such an expression is used. It is pretty
clear that according to the Hindu Law, conversion to
Buddhism did not cause a forfeiture of the rights of a
Brahmin as a citizen ; as regards civil rigXts, no ‘such
forfeiture was caused, as under the principle of
1 I
2 rr v*crq?f xfu 1
3 *u=sr; 1