The maxim of the crow's eyeball. It takes its origin from the supposition that the crow has but one eye (cf. words like ekadṛṣṭi, ekākṣa &c.), and that it can move it, as occasion requires, from the socket on one side into that of the other; and the maxim is applied to a word or phrase which, though used only once in a sentence, may, if occasion requires, serve two purposes; e. g. dvīpo'striyāmaṃtarīpaḥ i- tyatra...