5.19
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.19
शरीरवाङ्मनःप्राणापानाह् पुद्गलानाम्
śarīravāṅmanaḥprāṇāpānāh pudgalānām
The line
A compound: the body, vāṅma (वाङ्म), naḥprā (नःप्रा), ṇāpā (णापा), and nāha (नाह), 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 line is short. ākāśa-syāva-gāhaḥ (आकाश-स्याव-गाहः) from 5.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śarīra-vāṅma-naḥprā-ṇāpā-nāha (शरीर-वाङ्म-नःप्रा-णापा-नाह) + pudgalānām (पुद्गलानाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śarīra-vāṅma-naḥprā-ṇāpā-nāha (शरीर-वाङ्म-नःप्रा-णापा-नाह) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the body, vāṅma (वाङ्म), naḥprā (नःप्रा), ṇāpā (णापा), and nāha (नाह). Read it from the end |
| pudgalānām (पुद्गलानाम्) | genitive plural | matter |
The phrases
śarīra-vāṅma-naḥprā-ṇāpā-nāha (शरीर-वाङ्म-नःप्रा-णापा-नाह) is a compound: the body, vāṅma (वाङ्म), naḥprā (नःप्रा), ṇāpā (णापा), and nāha (नाह). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
pudgalānām (पुद्गलानाम्) is matter. It stands as genitive plural.
Sanskrit in this line
śarīra-vāṅma-naḥprā-ṇāpā-nāha (शरीर-वाङ्म-नःप्रा-णापा-नाह) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śarīra-vāṅma-naḥprā-ṇāpā-nāha (शरीर-वाङ्म-नःप्रा-णापा-नाह) and pudgalānām (पुद्गलानाम्).