5.5
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.5
रूपिणः पुद्गलाः
rūpiṇaḥ pudgalāḥ
The line
rūpiṇa (रूपिण), 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. nityāva-sthita-anya (नित्याव-स्थित-अन्य) from 5.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: rūpiṇaḥ (रूपिणः) + pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rūpiṇaḥ (रूपिणः) | nominative singular, masculine | rūpiṇa (रूपिण) |
| pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः) | nominative plural | matter |
The phrases
rūpiṇaḥ (रूपिणः) is rūpiṇa (रूपिण). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः) is matter. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss rūpiṇaḥ (रूपिणः) and pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः).
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