4.37
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.37
भवनेषु च
bhavaneṣu ca
The line
In a dwelling and.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The line is short. daśa-varṣa-saha-srāṇi (दश-वर्ष-सह-स्राणि) from 4.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bhavaneṣu (भवनेषु) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhavaneṣu (भवनेषु) | locative plural | a dwelling |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
bhavaneṣu (भवनेषु) is a dwelling. It stands as locative plural.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
bhavaneṣu (भवनेषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhavaneṣu (भवनेषु).