3.35
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.35
प्राङ् मानुषोत्तरान् मनुष्याः
prāṅ mānuṣottarān manuṣyāḥ
The line
prāṅ (प्राङ्), mānuṣottara (मानुषोत्तर), manuṣya (मनुष्य).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. The lower world and the middle world. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: prāṅ (प्राङ्) + mānuṣottarān (मानुषोत्तरान्) + manuṣyāḥ (मनुष्याः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāṅ (प्राङ्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| mānuṣottarān (मानुषोत्तरान्) | accusative plural, masculine | mānuṣottara (मानुषोत्तर) |
| manuṣyāḥ (मनुष्याः) | nominative plural | manuṣya (मनुष्य) |
The phrases
prāṅ (प्राङ्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. mānuṣottarān (मानुषोत्तरान्) is mānuṣottara (मानुषोत्तर). It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
manuṣyāḥ (मनुष्याः) is manuṣya (मनुष्य). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
mānuṣottarān (मानुषोत्तरान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāṅ (प्राङ्) and mānuṣottarān (मानुषोत्तरान्).