4.8
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.8
शेषाः स्पर्शरूपशब्दमनः प्रवीचाराः
śeṣāḥ sparśarūpaśabdamanaḥ pravīcārāḥ
The line
The rest, what remains over, a compound: touch, a form, a word, and mana (मन), pravīcāra (प्रवीचार).
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: śeṣāḥ (शेषाः) + sparśa-rūpa-śabda-manaḥ (स्पर्श-रूप-शब्द-मनः) + pravīcārāḥ (प्रवीचाराः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śeṣāḥ (शेषाः) | nominative plural | the rest, what remains over |
| sparśa-rūpa-śabda-manaḥ (स्पर्श-रूप-शब्द-मनः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: touch, a form, a word, and mana (मन). Read it from the end |
| pravīcārāḥ (प्रवीचाराः) | nominative plural | pravīcāra (प्रवीचार) |
The phrases
śeṣāḥ (शेषाः) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as nominative plural. sparśa-rūpa-śabda-manaḥ (स्पर्श-रूप-शब्द-मनः) is a compound: touch, a form, a word, and mana (मन). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
pravīcārāḥ (प्रवीचाराः) is pravīcāra (प्रवीचार). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
sparśa-rūpa-śabda-manaḥ (स्पर्श-रूप-शब्द-मनः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣāḥ (शेषाः) and sparśa-rūpa-śabda-manaḥ (स्पर्श-रूप-शब्द-मनः).