5.12
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.12
लोकाकाशेऽवगाहः
lokākāśe 'vagāhaḥ
The line
In a compound: the world, and space, avagāha (अवगाह).
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 line is short. aṇoḥ (अणोः) from 5.11 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: loka-ākāśe (लोक-आकाशे) + avagāhaḥ (अवगाहः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| loka-ākāśe (लोक-आकाशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: the world, and space. Read it from the end |
| avagāhaḥ (अवगाहः) | nominative singular, masculine | avagāha (अवगाह) |
The phrases
loka-ākāśe (लोक-आकाशे) is a compound: the world, and space. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
avagāhaḥ (अवगाहः) is avagāha (अवगाह). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
loka-ākāśe (लोक-आकाशे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss loka-ākāśe (लोक-आकाशे) and avagāhaḥ (अवगाहः).
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5.13. Of a compound: dharma, a property, and the medium of rest, in kṛtsna (कृत्स्न).