2.1.16
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.16
प्रमेया च तुलाप्रामाण्यवत्
prameyā ca tulāprāmāṇyavat
The line
What there is to know and, tulāprāmāṇyavat (तुलाप्रामाण्यवत्).
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Examines doubt, and then examines the means of knowing one by one. The line is short. trai-kālyā-pratiṣedhaḥ (त्रै-काल्या-प्रतिषेधः) from 2.1.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prameyā (प्रमेया) + ca (च) + tulāprāmāṇyavat (तुलाप्रामाण्यवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prameyā (प्रमेया) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | what there is to know |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tulāprāmāṇyavat (तुलाप्रामाण्यवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
prameyā (प्रमेया) is what there is to know. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tulāprāmāṇyavat (तुलाप्रामाण्यवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
tulāprāmāṇyavat (तुलाप्रामाण्यवत्) 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 prameyā (प्रमेया) and tulāprāmāṇyavat (तुलाप्रामाण्यवत्).