4.11
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.11
व्यन्तराः किंनरकिंपुरुषमहोरगगन्धर्वयक्षराक्षसभूतपिशाचाः
vyantarāḥ kiṃnarakiṃpuruṣamahoragagandharvayakṣarākṣasabhūtapiśācāḥ
The line
vyantara (व्यन्तर), a compound: kiṃna (किंन), raki (रकि), ṃpuru (ंपुरु), ṣama (षम), horaga (होरग), smell, rvaya (र्वय), kṣarā (क्षरा), kṣasa (क्षस), an element, and piśāca (पिशाच).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The line is short. bhavana-vāsino (भवन-वासिनो) from 4.10 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyantarāḥ (व्यन्तराः) + kiṃna-raki-ṃpuru-ṣama-horaga-gandha-rvaya-kṣarā-kṣasa-bhūta-piśācāḥ (किंन-रकि-ंपुरु-षम-होरग-गन्ध-र्वय-क्षरा-क्षस-भूत-पिशाचाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyantarāḥ (व्यन्तराः) | nominative plural | vyantara (व्यन्तर) |
| kiṃna-raki-ṃpuru-ṣama-horaga-gandha-rvaya-kṣarā-kṣasa-bhūta-piśācāḥ (किंन-रकि-ंपुरु-षम-होरग-गन्ध-र्वय-क्षरा-क्षस-भूत-पिशाचाः) | nominative plural | a compound: kiṃna (किंन), raki (रकि), ṃpuru (ंपुरु), ṣama (षम), horaga (होरग), smell, rvaya (र्वय), kṣarā (क्षरा), kṣasa (क्षस), an element, and piśāca (पिशाच). Read it from the end |
The phrases
vyantarāḥ (व्यन्तराः) is vyantara (व्यन्तर). It stands as nominative plural.
kiṃna-raki-ṃpuru-ṣama-horaga-gandha-rvaya-kṣarā-kṣasa-bhūta-piśācāḥ (किंन-रकि-ंपुरु-षम-होरग-गन्ध-र्वय-क्षरा-क्षस-भूत-पिशाचाः) is a compound: kiṃna (किंन), raki (रकि), ṃpuru (ंपुरु), ṣama (षम), horaga (होरग), smell, rvaya (र्वय), kṣarā (क्षरा), kṣasa (क्षस), an element, and piśāca (पिशाच). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
kiṃna-raki-ṃpuru-ṣama-horaga-gandha-rvaya-kṣarā-kṣasa-bhūta-piśācāḥ (किंन-रकि-ंपुरु-षम-होरग-गन्ध-र्वय-क्षरा-क्षस-भूत-पिशाचाः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyantarāḥ (व्यन्तराः) and kiṃna-raki-ṃpuru-ṣama-horaga-gandha-rvaya-kṣarā-kṣasa-bhūta-piśācāḥ (किंन-रकि-ंपुरु-षम-होरग-गन्ध-र्वय-क्षरा-क्षस-भूत-पिशाचाः).