अशोकवनिकान्याय

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • the rule of the grove of अशोक trees (applied to cases in which a preference of any particular thing among many cannot be accounted for, just as रावण kept सीता in an अशोक grove, but might equally well have kept her in a grove of other trees).

Etymology

Compound from Sanskrit अशोक (without grief, the plant taxlink, unsorrowful, sorrowless, Saraca asoca, not sad, without sadness) + Sanskrit वनिका + Sanskrit न्याय.

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Sanskrit

न्याय

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