2.1.22
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.22
न आत्ममनसोः सन्निकर्षाभावे प्रत्यक्षोत्पत्तिः (दो)
na ātmamanasoḥ sannikarṣābhāve pratyakṣotpattiḥ (do)
The line
Not of a compound: ātma (आत्म), and the mind, in a compound: contact, and absence, a compound: toward, against, akṣo (अक्षो), and tpatta (त्पत्त), (do) ((दो)).
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: na (न) + ātma-manas-oḥ (आत्म-मनस्-ओः) + sannikarṣa-abhāve (सन्निकर्ष-अभावे) + prati-akṣo-tpattiḥ (प्रति-अक्षो-त्पत्तिः) + (do) ((दो))
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ātma-manas-oḥ (आत्म-मनस्-ओः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: ātma (आत्म), and the mind. Read it from the end |
| sannikarṣa-abhāve (सन्निकर्ष-अभावे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: contact, and absence. Read it from the end |
| prati-akṣo-tpattiḥ (प्रति-अक्षो-त्पत्तिः) | nominative singular | a compound: toward, against, akṣo (अक्षो), and tpatta (त्पत्त). Read it from the end |
| (do) ((दो)) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ātma-manas-oḥ (आत्म-मनस्-ओः) is a compound: ātma (आत्म), and the mind. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. sannikarṣa-abhāve (सन्निकर्ष-अभावे) is a compound: contact, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
prati-akṣo-tpattiḥ (प्रति-अक्षो-त्पत्तिः) is a compound: toward, against, akṣo (अक्षो), and tpatta (त्पत्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. (do) ((दो)) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-akṣo-tpattiḥ (प्रति-अक्षो-त्पत्तिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ātma-manas-oḥ (आत्म-मनस्-ओः) and sannikarṣa-abhāve (सन्निकर्ष-अभावे).