2.1.56
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.56
न, सामयिकत्वात् शब्दार्थसम्प्रत्ययस्य
na, sāmayikatvāt śabdārthasampratyayasya
The line
Not because of sāmayikatva (सामयिकत्व), of a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, sampra (सम्प्र), and tyaya (त्यय).
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. śabda-artha-vyava-sthānāt (शब्द-अर्थ-व्यव-स्थानात्) from 2.1.55 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) + sāmayikatvāt (सामयिकत्वात्) + śabda-artha-sampra-tyayasya (शब्द-अर्थ-सम्प्र-त्ययस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| sāmayikatvāt (सामयिकत्वात्) | ablative singular | sāmayikatva (सामयिकत्व) |
| śabda-artha-sampra-tyayasya (शब्द-अर्थ-सम्प्र-त्ययस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, sampra (सम्प्र), and tyaya (त्यय). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. sāmayikatvāt (सामयिकत्वात्) is sāmayikatva (सामयिकत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
śabda-artha-sampra-tyayasya (शब्द-अर्थ-सम्प्र-त्ययस्य) is a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, sampra (सम्प्र), and tyaya (त्यय). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-artha-sampra-tyayasya (शब्द-अर्थ-सम्प्र-त्ययस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sāmayikatvāt (सामयिकत्वात्) and śabda-artha-sampra-tyayasya (शब्द-अर्थ-सम्प्र-त्ययस्य).