2.1.18
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.18
तद्विनिवृत्तेः वा प्रमाणसिद्धिवत् प्रमेयसिद्धिः
tadvinivṛtteḥ vā pramāṇasiddhivat prameyasiddhiḥ
The line
Of tadvinivṛtta (तद्विनिवृत्त) or, a compound: a means, establishment, and possessing, a compound: what there is to know, 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: tadvinivṛtteḥ (तद्विनिवृत्तेः) + vā (वा) + pramāṇa-siddhi-vat (प्रमाण-सिद्धि-वत्) + prameya-siddhiḥ (प्रमेय-सिद्धिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadvinivṛtteḥ (तद्विनिवृत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | tadvinivṛtta (तद्विनिवृत्त) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pramāṇa-siddhi-vat (प्रमाण-सिद्धि-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a means, establishment, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| prameya-siddhiḥ (प्रमेय-सिद्धिः) | nominative singular | a compound: what there is to know, and established. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tadvinivṛtteḥ (तद्विनिवृत्तेः) is tadvinivṛtta (तद्विनिवृत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
pramāṇa-siddhi-vat (प्रमाण-सिद्धि-वत्) is a compound: a means, establishment, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. prameya-siddhiḥ (प्रमेय-सिद्धिः) is a compound: what there is to know, and established. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pramāṇa-siddhi-vat (प्रमाण-सिद्धि-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadvinivṛtteḥ (तद्विनिवृत्तेः) and pramāṇa-siddhi-vat (प्रमाण-सिद्धि-वत्).
Next
2.1.19. Not pradīpaprakāśasiddhivat (प्रदीपप्रकाशसिद्धिवत्), of a compound: that, and established.