1.17
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.17
अर्थस्य
arthasya
The line
Of of the thing.
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. bahu-bahu-vibha-kṣipra-niśri-tasa-ndigdha-dhruvāṇāṃ (बहु-बहु-विभ-क्षिप्र-निश्रि-तस-न्दिग्ध-ध्रुवाणां) from 1.16 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: arthasya (अर्थस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthasya (अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | of the thing |
The phrases
arthasya (अर्थस्य) is of the thing. It stands as genitive singular.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
arthasya (अर्थस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthasya (अर्थस्य).
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1.18. A compound: a sound-feature, syāva (स्याव), and graha (ग्रह).