కపిముష్టిన్యాయము

A Telugu-English dictionary: "కపి [ kapi ] kapi. [Skt.] n. A monkey. కోతి. కపిధ్వజుడు a title of Arjuna. కపిముష్టిన్యాయము a monkey-like grasp, obstinacy, pertinacity. (This alludes to a mode of catching a monkey, by putting grain into a cocoanut with a hole large enough to admit the monkey's hand: he thrusts it in, and after grasping the grain, his fist is caught in the hole: he obstinately refuses to let the grain go, and thus is secured.)"