2.15

Tattvārtha Sūtra / 2. Jīva (जीव) / 2.15

पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि

pañcendriyāṇi

The line

pañcendriya (पञ्चेन्द्रिय).

Where it sits

In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Jīva (जीव). The soul, its states, and the kinds of beings. The line is short. dvīndriyādayas (द्वीन्द्रियादय) from 2.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: pañcendriyāṇi (पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
pañcendriyāṇi (पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि)nominative or accusative plural, neuterpañcendriya (पञ्चेन्द्रिय)

The phrases

pañcendriyāṇi (पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि) is pañcendriya (पञ्चेन्द्रिय). It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.

Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.

Sanskrit in this line

pañcendriyāṇi (पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि) is nominative or accusative plural, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss pañcendriyāṇi (पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि).

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2.16. In a compound: two, and a rule.