Anta-kajaniyayam, Antakajaniyāyam, Antakajaniyayam, Anta-kaja-niyayam, Antakaja-niyayam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Antakajaniyāyam (அந்தகஜநியாயம்) [anta-kaja-niyāyam] noun < andha +. Maxim of the blind men and the elephant, used to denote arriving at a wrong one-sided conclusion, as the blind men who, each feeling a different part of the elephant, formed erroneous opinions as to what the elephant was like; ஒன்றை முற்ற ஆராயாது அத னொரு பாகத்தைமாத்திரம் கண்டு நிச்சயிக்கும் நெறி. [onrai murra arayathu atha noru pagathaimathiram kandu nichayikkum neri.]

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