1.8
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.8
सत्संख्याक्षेत्रस्पर्शनकालान्तरभावाल्पबहुत्वैश् च
satsaṃkhyākṣetrasparśanakālāntarabhāvālpabahutvaiś ca
The line
And also by whether it is, by its number, its place, its extent, its time, its state, and by its being few or many.
नेपालीमा
र छ कि छैन भन्नेले, सङ्ख्याले, ठाउँले, फैलावटले, कालले, अवस्थाले, अनि थोरै वा धेरै हुनुले पनि बताइन्छ।
Where it sits
1.7 and 1.8 together are the questionnaire. From 1.9 the book turns to jñāna (ज्ञान), the knowing that 1.1 put in the path.
Split: sat-saṃkhyā-kṣetra-sparśana-kāla-antara-bhāva-alpa-bahutvais (सत्-संख्या-क्षेत्र-स्पर्शन-काल-अन्तर-भाव-अल्प-बहुत्वैस्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sat-saṃkhyā-kṣetra-sparśana-kāla-antara-bhāva-alpa-bahutvais (सत्-संख्या-क्षेत्र-स्पर्शन-काल-अन्तर-भाव-अल्प-बहुत्वैस्) | instrumental plural, neuter | by sat (सत्), that it is; by saṃkhyā (संख्या), how many; by kṣetra (क्षेत्र), the field, the place; by sparśana (स्पर्शन), the extent it touches; by kālāntara (कालान्तर), the interval of time; by bhāva (भाव), the state; by alpa-bahutva (अल्प-बहुत्व), being few or being many. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. It adds this list to the list in 1.7. |
The phrases
ca (च) is the whole syntax. The instrumental is the same case-job as the -tas (-तस्) of 1.7: further ways of setting a thing out.
alpa-bahutva (अल्प-बहुत्व) is one compound inside the larger one: fewness and manyness. The last member wears the instrumental plural -ais (-ऐस्), written -aiś (-ऐश्) before the pause.
Sanskrit in this line
ca (च) at the end of a sūtra (सूत्र) means the new list is in addition. It does not mean the previous list is cancelled.
Say it back
What does the ca (च) join this line to?