1.2.5
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.5
अनैकान्तिकः सव्यभिचारः
anaikāntikaḥ savyabhicāraḥ
The line
The straying reason is the inconclusive one, the one that does not keep to a single side.
नेपालीमा
भड्किने हेतु त्यो अनिश्चित हेतु हो जुन एउटै पक्षमा रहँदैन।
Where it sits
savyabhicāra (सव्यभिचार) from 1.2.4 is the seeming reason being defined.
Split: anaikāntikaḥ (अनैकान्तिकः) + savyabhicāraḥ (सव्यभिचारः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anaikāntikaḥ (अनैकान्तिकः) | nominative singular, masculine | not restricted to one side |
| savyabhicāraḥ (सव्यभिचारः) | nominative singular, masculine | the straying reason |
The phrases
ekānta (एकान्त) is one end, one side of the question. anaikāntika (अनैकान्तिक) is a reason that is not confined to one side. It turns up with the property to be proved and also without it.
savyabhicāra (सव्यभिचार) means 'with deviation'. The reason wanders. Because it is found in a place that lacks the sādhya (साध्य), it cannot establish the sādhya (साध्य). That is the whole definition in this line.
Sanskrit in this line
anaikāntika (अनैकान्तिक) is built from an plus eka plus anta, with the suffix that makes an adjective. It is nominative masculine, agreeing with savyabhicāraḥ (सव्यभिचारः). The visarga stays before s.
Say it back
Gloss savyabhicāra (सव्यभिचार) as anaikāntika (अनैकान्तिक).
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1.2.6. The contradictory reason is one that, after a tenet has been accepted, opposes that tenet.