4.30
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.30
सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्रयोः सप्त
sānatkumāramāhendrayoḥ sapta
The line
Of sānatkumāramāhendra (सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्र), seven.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The line is short. saudha-rmaiśā-nayoḥ (सौध-र्मैशा-नयोः) from 4.29 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sānatkumāramāhendrayoḥ (सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्रयोः) + sapta (सप्त)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sānatkumāramāhendrayoḥ (सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्रयोः) | genitive or locative dual | sānatkumāramāhendra (सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्र) |
| sapta (सप्त) | indeclinable | seven |
The phrases
sānatkumāramāhendrayoḥ (सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्रयोः) is sānatkumāramāhendra (सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्र). It stands as genitive or locative dual.
sapta (सप्त) is seven. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
sānatkumāramāhendrayoḥ (सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्रयोः) is genitive or locative dual. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sānatkumāramāhendrayoḥ (सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्रयोः) and sapta (सप्त).