Nyaya - A wood-apple eaten by an elephant.

Published on 15 July 2017 03:30 AM
गजभुक्तकपित्थन्यायः

It takes its origin from the fact that a wood-apple eaten by an elephant is execreted apparently quite unchanged though in fact its contents have all been digested and it has become quite empty. It is used to denote the internal worthless state of a thing though externally it looks all right.