2.1.64
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.64
विधिः विधायकः
vidhiḥ vidhāyakaḥ
The line
An injunction, vidhāyaka (विधायक).
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. vidhi-arthavāda-anuvāda-vacana-viniyogāt (विधि-अर्थवाद-अनुवाद-वचन-विनियोगात्) from 2.1.63 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vidhiḥ (विधिः) + vidhāyakaḥ (विधायकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhiḥ (विधिः) | nominative singular | an injunction |
| vidhāyakaḥ (विधायकः) | nominative singular, masculine | vidhāyaka (विधायक) |
The phrases
vidhiḥ (विधिः) is an injunction. It stands as nominative singular.
vidhāyakaḥ (विधायकः) is vidhāyaka (विधायक). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhāyakaḥ (विधायकः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidhiḥ (विधिः) and vidhāyakaḥ (विधायकः).