2.2.13
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.13
आदिमत्वातैन्द्रियकत्वात् कृतकवतुपचारात् च
ādimatvāt aindriyakatvāt kṛtakavat upacārāt ca
The line
Because of ādimatva (आदिमत्व), because of aindriyakatva (ऐन्द्रियकत्व), a compound: made, done, and kavata (कवत), because of a figurative use and.
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: ādimatvāt (आदिमत्वात्) + aindriyakatvāt (ऐन्द्रियकत्वात्) + kṛta-kavata (कृत-कवत) + upacārāt (उपचारात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ādimatvāt (आदिमत्वात्) | ablative singular | ādimatva (आदिमत्व) |
| aindriyakatvāt (ऐन्द्रियकत्वात्) | ablative singular | aindriyakatva (ऐन्द्रियकत्व) |
| kṛta-kavata (कृत-कवत) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: made, done, and kavata (कवत). Read it from the end |
| upacārāt (उपचारात्) | ablative singular | a figurative use |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
ādimatvāt (आदिमत्वात्) is ādimatva (आदिमत्व). It stands as ablative singular. aindriyakatvāt (ऐन्द्रियकत्वात्) is aindriyakatva (ऐन्द्रियकत्व). It stands as ablative singular. kṛta-kavata (कृत-कवत) is a compound: made, done, and kavata (कवत). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
upacārāt (उपचारात्) is a figurative use. It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
aindriyakatvāt (ऐन्द्रियकत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ādimatvāt (आदिमत्वात्) and aindriyakatvāt (ऐन्द्रियकत्वात्).