8.19
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 8. Bandha (बन्ध) / 8.19
नामगोत्रयोरष्टौ
nāmagotrayor aṣṭau
The line
Of a compound: by name, indeed, and gotra (गोत्र), eight.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Bandha (बन्ध). Bondage, and how karma (कर्म) is bound. The line is short. aparā (अपरा) from 8.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nāma-gotrayoḥ (नाम-गोत्रयोः) + aṣṭau (अष्टौ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nāma-gotrayoḥ (नाम-गोत्रयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: by name, indeed, and gotra (गोत्र). Read it from the end |
| aṣṭau (अष्टौ) | indeclinable | eight |
The phrases
nāma-gotrayoḥ (नाम-गोत्रयोः) is a compound: by name, indeed, and gotra (गोत्र). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it nāmagotrayor (नामगोत्रयोर्).
aṣṭau (अष्टौ) is eight. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
nāma-gotrayoḥ (नाम-गोत्रयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it nāmagotrayor (नामगोत्रयोर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nāma-gotrayoḥ (नाम-गोत्रयोः) and aṣṭau (अष्टौ).
Next
8.20. Of the rest, what remains over, antarmuhūrta (अन्तर्मुहूर्त).