1.18
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.18
व्यञ्जनस्यावग्रहः
vyañjanasyāvagrahaḥ
The line
A compound: a sound-feature, syāva (स्याव), and graha (ग्रह).
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. arthasya (अर्थस्य) from 1.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyañjana-syāva-grahaḥ (व्यञ्जन-स्याव-ग्रहः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyañjana-syāva-grahaḥ (व्यञ्जन-स्याव-ग्रहः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sound-feature, syāva (स्याव), and graha (ग्रह). Read it from the end |
The phrases
vyañjana-syāva-grahaḥ (व्यञ्जन-स्याव-ग्रहः) is a compound: a sound-feature, syāva (स्याव), and graha (ग्रह). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
vyañjana-syāva-grahaḥ (व्यञ्जन-स्याव-ग्रहः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyañjana-syāva-grahaḥ (व्यञ्जन-स्याव-ग्रहः).