अशोकवनिकान्याय

Sanskrit

Etymology

अशोक (aśoka) +‎ वनिका (vanikā) +‎ न्याय (nyāya)

Noun

अशोकवनिकान्याय • (aśokavanikānyāya) stem, m

1. 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)