2.1.69
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.69
मन्त्रायुर्वेदप्रामाण्यवत् च तत्प्रामाण्यम्, आप्तप्रामाण्यात्
mantrāyurvedaprāmāṇyavat ca tatprāmāṇyam, āptaprāmāṇyāt
The line
mantrāyurvedaprāmāṇyavat (मन्त्रायुर्वेदप्रामाण्यवत्) and, a compound: that, and being a means of knowing, because of a compound: a reliable person, and being a means of knowing.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Examines doubt, and then examines the means of knowing one by one. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: mantrāyurvedaprāmāṇyavat (मन्त्रायुर्वेदप्रामाण्यवत्) + ca (च) + tat-prāmāṇyam (तत्-प्रामाण्यम्) + āpta-prāmāṇyāt (आप्त-प्रामाण्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mantrāyurvedaprāmāṇyavat (मन्त्रायुर्वेदप्रामाण्यवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tat-prāmāṇyam (तत्-प्रामाण्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: that, and being a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| āpta-prāmāṇyāt (आप्त-प्रामाण्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a reliable person, and being a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
mantrāyurvedaprāmāṇyavat (मन्त्रायुर्वेदप्रामाण्यवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tat-prāmāṇyam (तत्-प्रामाण्यम्) is a compound: that, and being a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. āpta-prāmāṇyāt (आप्त-प्रामाण्यात्) is a compound: a reliable person, and being a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mantrāyurvedaprāmāṇyavat (मन्त्रायुर्वेदप्रामाण्यवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mantrāyurvedaprāmāṇyavat (मन्त्रायुर्वेदप्रामाण्यवत्) and tat-prāmāṇyam (तत्-प्रामाण्यम्).