Query

[Martin Straube]

Dear Patrick,

There is another instance of that proverb in the Mbh (12.106.10):

tataḥ suhṛdbalaṃ labdhvā mantrayitvā sumantritam /
antarair bhedayitvārīn bilvaṃ bilvena śātaya //


Best regards

Martin Straube

Zitat von Patrick Olivelle <jpo at UTS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>:

> Does any one know -- and can give sources -- of an expression:  
> "bilvaṃ bilvena hanyatām"?? The meaning is clear -- use a wood-apple  
> to break another wood-apple. This proverb is found in the  
> Arthaśāstra 9.2.8.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Patrick

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Dr. Martin Straube

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