4.6
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.6
पूर्वयोर् द्वीन्द्राः
pūrvayor dvīndrāḥ
The line
Of the earlier, dvīndra (द्वीन्द्र).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The line is short. trāya-striṃśa-loka-pāla-varjyā (त्राय-स्त्रिंश-लोक-पाल-वर्ज्या) from 4.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pūrvayoḥ (पूर्वयोः) + dvīndrāḥ (द्वीन्द्राः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pūrvayoḥ (पूर्वयोः) | genitive or locative dual | the earlier |
| dvīndrāḥ (द्वीन्द्राः) | nominative plural | dvīndra (द्वीन्द्र) |
The phrases
pūrvayoḥ (पूर्वयोः) is the earlier. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it pūrvayor (पूर्वयोर्).
dvīndrāḥ (द्वीन्द्राः) is dvīndra (द्वीन्द्र). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrvayoḥ (पूर्वयोः) is genitive or locative dual. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pūrvayor (पूर्वयोर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pūrvayoḥ (पूर्वयोः) and dvīndrāḥ (द्वीन्द्राः).
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4.7. A compound: a body, pravī (प्रवी), and cāra (चार), ā (आ), because of aiśāna (ऐशान).