blind man and the quail; viz. when the blind man put his
feet over the quail (‘andhakasya vartakāyā uparyantaḥpādanyāsa
ucyate . tattulyamandhakavartakīyam’); said, according to another
authority, of a strange event which occurs unexpectedly;
compare similar expressions as kākatālīya, khalvāṭavilvīya,
ardhajaratīya, śyenakapotīya, ghuṇākṣarīya, śarapuruṣīya, śarka-
ronmajjanīya, ajākṛpāṇīya, tindukījyotiṣikīya, &c. E.
andhakavartaka, taddh. aff. cha.