4.10
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.10
भवनवासिनोऽसुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमाराः
bhavanavāsino 'suranāgavidyutsuparṇāgnivātastanitodadhidvīpadikkumārāḥ
The line
A compound: a dwelling, and vāsina (वासिन), asuranāgavidyutsuparṇāgnivātastanitodadhidvīpadikkumāra (असुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमार).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The line is short. pare (परे) from 4.9 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bhavana-vāsino (भवन-वासिनो) + asuranāgavidyutsuparṇāgnivātastanitodadhidvīpadikkumārāḥ (असुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमाराः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhavana-vāsino (भवन-वासिनो) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a dwelling, and vāsina (वासिन). Read it from the end |
| asuranāgavidyutsuparṇāgnivātastanitodadhidvīpadikkumārāḥ (असुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमाराः) | nominative plural | asuranāgavidyutsuparṇāgnivātastanitodadhidvīpadikkumāra (असुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमार) |
The phrases
bhavana-vāsino (भवन-वासिनो) is a compound: a dwelling, and vāsina (वासिन). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
asuranāgavidyutsuparṇāgnivātastanitodadhidvīpadikkumārāḥ (असुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमाराः) is asuranāgavidyutsuparṇāgnivātastanitodadhidvīpadikkumāra (असुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमार). It stands as nominative plural. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhavana-vāsino (भवन-वासिनो) and asuranāgavidyutsuparṇāgnivātastanitodadhidvīpadikkumārāḥ (असुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमाराः).