2.1.54
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.54
पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्धेः च सम्बन्धाभावः
pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdheḥ ca sambandhābhāvaḥ
The line
Of pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdha (पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्ध) and, a compound: a connection, and absence.
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. āpta-upadeśa-sāmarthyāt (आप्त-उपदेश-सामर्थ्यात्) from 2.1.53 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdheḥ (पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्धेः) + ca (च) + sambandha-abhāvaḥ (सम्बन्ध-अभावः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdheḥ (पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्धेः) | genitive or ablative singular | pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdha (पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्ध) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sambandha-abhāvaḥ (सम्बन्ध-अभावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a connection, and absence. Read it from the end |
The phrases
pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdheḥ (पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्धेः) is pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdha (पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्ध). It stands as genitive or ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
sambandha-abhāvaḥ (सम्बन्ध-अभावः) is a compound: a connection, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdheḥ (पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्धेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pūraṇapradāhapāṭanānupalabdheḥ (पूरणप्रदाहपाटनानुपलब्धेः) and sambandha-abhāvaḥ (सम्बन्ध-अभावः).