1.15
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.15
अवग्रहेहापायधारणाः
avagrahehāpāyadhāraṇāḥ
The line
A compound: the first grasp, searching, settling on, and a holding.
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 line is short. tadi-ndri-yāni-ndriya-nimittam (तदि-न्द्रि-यानि-न्द्रिय-निमित्तम्) from 1.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: avagraha-īhā-apāya-dhāraṇāḥ (अवग्रह-ईहा-अपाय-धारणाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avagraha-īhā-apāya-dhāraṇāḥ (अवग्रह-ईहा-अपाय-धारणाः) | nominative plural | a compound: the first grasp, searching, settling on, and a holding. Read it from the end |
The phrases
avagraha-īhā-apāya-dhāraṇāḥ (अवग्रह-ईहा-अपाय-धारणाः) is a compound: the first grasp, searching, settling on, and a holding. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
avagraha-īhā-apāya-dhāraṇāḥ (अवग्रह-ईहा-अपाय-धारणाः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avagraha-īhā-apāya-dhāraṇāḥ (अवग्रह-ईहा-अपाय-धारणाः).