4.40
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.40
ज्योतिष्काणां च
jyotiṣkāṇāṃ ca
The line
Of jyotiṣka (ज्योतिष्क) and.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The line is short. parā (परा) from 4.39 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: jyotiṣkāṇāṃ (ज्योतिष्काणां) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jyotiṣkāṇāṃ (ज्योतिष्काणां) | genitive plural | jyotiṣka (ज्योतिष्क) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
jyotiṣkāṇāṃ (ज्योतिष्काणां) is jyotiṣka (ज्योतिष्क). It stands as genitive plural.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
jyotiṣkāṇāṃ (ज्योतिष्काणां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jyotiṣkāṇāṃ (ज्योतिष्काणां).