The maxim of the old virgin's boon; that is, asking such a boon as will cover all that one wishes to have. The Mahābhāṣya says that an old virgin, when asked by Indra to choose a boon, said; putrā me bahukṣī- raghṛtamodanaṃ kāṃcanapātryāṃ bhuṃjīran. This one boon, if granted, would give her a husband, progeny, abundance of corn, cattle &c., and gold.