5.3
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.3
जीवाश् च
jīvāś ca
The line
A soul and.
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. dravyāṇi (द्रव्याणि) from 5.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: jīvāḥ (जीवाः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jīvāḥ (जीवाः) | nominative plural | a soul |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
jīvāḥ (जीवाः) is a soul. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it jīvāś (जीवाश्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
jīvāḥ (जीवाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it jīvāś (जीवाश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jīvāḥ (जीवाः).
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5.4. A compound: nityāva (नित्याव), standing, remaining, and other, arūpa (अरूप).