3.39
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.39
तिर्यग्योनिजानां च
tiryagyonijānāṃ ca
The line
Of a compound: tiryagyo (तिर्यग्यो), and one's own and.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. The lower world and the middle world. The line is short. nṛsthitī (नृस्थिती) from 3.38 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tiryagyo-nijānāṃ (तिर्यग्यो-निजानां) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tiryagyo-nijānāṃ (तिर्यग्यो-निजानां) | genitive plural | a compound: tiryagyo (तिर्यग्यो), and one's own. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
tiryagyo-nijānāṃ (तिर्यग्यो-निजानां) is a compound: tiryagyo (तिर्यग्यो), and one's own. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
tiryagyo-nijānāṃ (तिर्यग्यो-निजानां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tiryagyo-nijānāṃ (तिर्यग्यो-निजानां).