2.1.5
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.5
तथा अत्यन्तसंशयः तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्तेः
tathā atyantasaṃśayaḥ taddharmasātatyopapatteḥ
The line
So, in that way, a compound: absolute, and doubt, of taddharmasātatyopapatta (तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्त).
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. avyavasthā (अव्यवस्था) from 2.1.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tathā (तथा) + atyanta-saṃśayaḥ (अत्यन्त-संशयः) + taddharmasātatyopapatteḥ (तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्तेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| atyanta-saṃśayaḥ (अत्यन्त-संशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: absolute, and doubt. Read it from the end |
| taddharmasātatyopapatteḥ (तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | taddharmasātatyopapatta (तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्त) |
The phrases
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. atyanta-saṃśayaḥ (अत्यन्त-संशयः) is a compound: absolute, and doubt. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
taddharmasātatyopapatteḥ (तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्तेः) is taddharmasātatyopapatta (तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
taddharmasātatyopapatteḥ (तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्तेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss atyanta-saṃśayaḥ (अत्यन्त-संशयः) and taddharmasātatyopapatteḥ (तद्धर्मसातत्योपपत्तेः).