1.13
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.13
मतिः स्मृतिः संज्ञा चिन्ताभिनिबोध इत्यनर्थान्तरम्
matiḥ smṛtiḥ saṃjñā cintābhinibodha ity anarthāntaram
The line
A thought, memory, recognition, a compound: thinking, and apprehension thus, anarthāntara (अनर्थान्तर).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 1. The path, the seven tattvas (तत्त्व), and the means of knowing. The kinds of sense-grasping in 1.16 are the Śvetāmbara (श्वेताम्बर) list: many, of many sorts, swift, without a mark, aniśrita (अनिश्रित), undoubted, asaṃdigdha (असंदिग्ध), and steady, with their opposites. The Digambara (दिगम्बर) reading lists many, of many sorts, swift, unexpressed, unspoken, and steady. The line that avadhi (अवधि) is twofold, 1.21, and the last line, 1.35, are the Śvetāmbara (श्वेताम्बर) reading. The Sarvārthasiddhi (सर्वार्थसिद्धि) does not carry them as its own sūtras (सूत्र). The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: matiḥ (मतिः) + smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) + saṃjñā (संज्ञा) + cintā-abhinibodhaḥ (चिन्ता-अभिनिबोधः) + ity (इत्य्) + anarthāntaram (अनर्थान्तरम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| matiḥ (मतिः) | nominative singular | a thought |
| smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) | nominative singular | memory |
| saṃjñā (संज्ञा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | recognition |
| cintā-abhinibodhaḥ (चिन्ता-अभिनिबोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: thinking, and apprehension. Read it from the end |
| ity (इत्य्) | indeclinable | thus. iti before a vowel |
| anarthāntaram (अनर्थान्तरम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | anarthāntara (अनर्थान्तर) |
The phrases
matiḥ (मतिः) is a thought. It stands as nominative singular. smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) is memory. It stands as nominative singular. saṃjñā (संज्ञा) is recognition. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
cintā-abhinibodhaḥ (चिन्ता-अभिनिबोधः) is a compound: thinking, and apprehension. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it cintābhinibodha (चिन्ताभिनिबोध). ity (इत्य्) is thus. iti before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. anarthāntaram (अनर्थान्तरम्) is anarthāntara (अनर्थान्तर). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
cintā-abhinibodhaḥ (चिन्ता-अभिनिबोधः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it cintābhinibodha (चिन्ताभिनिबोध).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss matiḥ (मतिः) and smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः).