The maxim of the crow and the palm-fruit. It takes its origin from the unexpected and sudden fall of a palm-fruit up- on the head of a crow (so as to kill it) at the very moment of its sitting on a branch of that tree; and is used to denote a very unex- pected and accidental occurrence, whether welcome or unwelcome; cf. Candrāloka: yattayā melanaṃ tatra lābho me yaśca subhruvaḥ. tadetatkākatālīyamavitarki-...