2.1.30
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.30
न अर्थविशेषप्राबल्यात्
na arthaviśeṣaprābalyāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, a difference, and prābalya (प्राबल्य).
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. vyāhatatvāt (व्याहतत्वात्) from 2.1.29 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + artha-viśeṣa-prābalyāt (अर्थ-विशेष-प्राबल्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| artha-viśeṣa-prābalyāt (अर्थ-विशेष-प्राबल्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, a difference, and prābalya (प्राबल्य). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
artha-viśeṣa-prābalyāt (अर्थ-विशेष-प्राबल्यात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, a difference, and prābalya (प्राबल्य). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-viśeṣa-prābalyāt (अर्थ-विशेष-प्राबल्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-viśeṣa-prābalyāt (अर्थ-विशेष-प्राबल्यात्).
Next
2.1.31. Direct, inference, because of a compound: one part, and a grasping, of a finding.