2.1.15

त्रैकाल्याप्रतिषेधः च शब्दातातोद्यसिद्धिवत् तत्सिद्धेः

traikālyāpratiṣedhaḥ ca śabdāt ātodyasiddhivat tatsiddheḥ

The line

A compound: trai (त्रै), kālyā (काल्या), and a denial and, because of a word, ātodyasiddhivat (आतोद्यसिद्धिवत्), of a compound: that, and established.

Where it sits

In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Examines doubt, and then examines the means of knowing one by one. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.

Split: trai-kālyā-pratiṣedhaḥ (त्रै-काल्या-प्रतिषेधः) + ca (च) + śabdāt (शब्दात्) + ātodyasiddhivat (आतोद्यसिद्धिवत्) + tat-siddheḥ (तत्-सिद्धेः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
trai-kālyā-pratiṣedhaḥ (त्रै-काल्या-प्रतिषेधः)	nominative singular, masculine	a compound: trai (त्रै), kālyā (काल्या), and a denial. Read it from the end
ca (च)	indeclinable	and
śabdāt (शब्दात्)	ablative singular	a word
ātodyasiddhivat (आतोद्यसिद्धिवत्)	the form as the line writes it	this word, as the line writes it
tat-siddheḥ (तत्-सिद्धेः)	genitive or ablative singular	a compound: that, and established. Read it from the end

The phrases

trai-kālyā-pratiṣedhaḥ (त्रै-काल्या-प्रतिषेधः) is a compound: trai (त्रै), kālyā (काल्या), and a denial. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. śabdāt (शब्दात्) is a word. It stands as ablative singular.

ātodyasiddhivat (आतोद्यसिद्धिवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tat-siddheḥ (तत्-सिद्धेः) is a compound: that, and established. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.

Sanskrit in this line

trai-kālyā-pratiṣedhaḥ (त्रै-काल्या-प्रतिषेधः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss trai-kālyā-pratiṣedhaḥ (त्रै-काल्या-प्रतिषेधः) and śabdāt (शब्दात्).

2.1.16. What there is to know and, tulāprāmāṇyavat (तुलाप्रामाण्यवत्).