2.1.29
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.29
व्याहतत्वातहेतुः
vyāhatatvāt ahetuḥ
The line
Because of vyāhatatva (व्याहतत्व), a non-reason.
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. taiḥ (तैः) from 2.1.28 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyāhatatvāt (व्याहतत्वात्) + ahetuḥ (अहेतुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyāhatatvāt (व्याहतत्वात्) | ablative singular | vyāhatatva (व्याहतत्व) |
| ahetuḥ (अहेतुः) | nominative singular, masculine | a non-reason |
The phrases
vyāhatatvāt (व्याहतत्वात्) is vyāhatatva (व्याहतत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
ahetuḥ (अहेतुः) is a non-reason. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vyāhatatvāt (व्याहतत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyāhatatvāt (व्याहतत्वात्) and ahetuḥ (अहेतुः).
Next
2.1.30. Not because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, a difference, and prābalya (प्राबल्य).