5.10
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.10
संख्येयाऽसंख्येयाश् च पुद्गलानाम्
saṃkhyeyā 'saṃkhyeyāś ca pudgalānām
The line
saṃkhyeya (संख्येय), asaṃkhyeyāś (असंख्येयाश्) and, of matter.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Ajīva (अजीव). What is not soul: the media of motion and rest, space, matter, and time. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: saṃkhyeyā (संख्येया) + asaṃkhyeyāś (असंख्येयाश्) + ca (च) + pudgalānām (पुद्गलानाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃkhyeyā (संख्येया) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | saṃkhyeya (संख्येय) |
| asaṃkhyeyāś (असंख्येयाश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pudgalānām (पुद्गलानाम्) | genitive plural | matter |
The phrases
saṃkhyeyā (संख्येया) is saṃkhyeya (संख्येय). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. asaṃkhyeyāś (असंख्येयाश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. pudgalānām (पुद्गलानाम्) is matter. It stands as genitive plural.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃkhyeyā (संख्येया) and asaṃkhyeyāś (असंख्येयाश्).