4.2

Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2

आदितस् त्रिषु पीतान्तलेश्याः

āditas triṣu pītāntaleśyāḥ

The line

āditas (आदित), in three, pītāntaleśya (पीतान्तलेश्य).

Where it sits

In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.

Split: āditas (आदित) + triṣu (त्रिषु) + pītāntaleśyāḥ (पीतान्तलेश्याः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
āditas (आदित)the form as the line writes itthis word, as the line writes it
triṣu (त्रिषु)locative pluralthree
pītāntaleśyāḥ (पीतान्तलेश्याः)nominative pluralpītāntaleśya (पीतान्तलेश्य)

The phrases

āditas (आदित) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. triṣu (त्रिषु) is three. It stands as locative plural.

pītāntaleśyāḥ (पीतान्तलेश्याः) is pītāntaleśya (पीतान्तलेश्य). It stands as nominative plural.

Sanskrit in this line

pītāntaleśyāḥ (पीतान्तलेश्याः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss āditas (आदित) and triṣu (त्रिषु).

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4.3. A compound: daśā (दशा), ṣṭapa (ष्टप), ṃcadvā (ंचद्वा), daśa (दश), and an alternative, a division, kalpopapannaparyanta (कल्पोपपन्नपर्यन्त).