8.12
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 8. Bandha (बन्ध) / 8.12
उच्चैर्नीचैश् च
uccairnīcaiś ca
The line
uccairnīcaiś (उच्चैर्नीचैश्) and.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Bandha (बन्ध). Bondage, and how karma (कर्म) is bound. The line is short. gati-jāti-śarī-rāṅgo-pāṅga-nirmā-ṇaba-ṃdha-nasa-ṃghā-tasa-ṃsthā-nasa-ṃhanana-sparśa-rasa-gaṃdha-varṇā-nupū-rvyā-guru-laghū-paghāta-para-ghātā-tapo-dyoto-cchvā-savihā-yoga-tayaḥ (गति-जाति-शरी-राङ्गो-पाङ्ग-निर्मा-णब-ंध-नस-ंघा-तस-ंस्था-नस-ंहनन-स्पर्श-रस-गंध-वर्णा-नुपू-र्व्या-गुरु-लघू-पघात-पर-घाता-तपो-द्योतो-च्छ्वा-सविहा-योग-तयः) from 8.11 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: uccairnīcaiś (उच्चैर्नीचैश्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uccairnīcaiś (उच्चैर्नीचैश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
uccairnīcaiś (उच्चैर्नीचैश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
uccairnīcaiś (उच्चैर्नीचैश्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss uccairnīcaiś (उच्चैर्नीचैश्).
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8.13. Of a compound: dāna (दान), lābha (लाभ), bhogopa (भोगोप), experience, and vīrya (वीर्य).