2.2.17
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.17
कारणद्रव्यस्य प्रदेशशब्देनाभिधानात्
kāraṇadravyasya pradeśaśabdenābhidhānāt
The line
Of a compound: a cause, and a substance, because of a compound: a unit, śabdenā (शब्देना), and bhidhāna (भिधान).
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. santā-nānu-māna-viśe-ṣaṇāt (सन्ता-नानु-मान-विशे-षणात्) from 2.2.16 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kāraṇa-dravyasya (कारण-द्रव्यस्य) + pradeśa-śabdenā-bhidhānāt (प्रदेश-शब्देना-भिधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇa-dravyasya (कारण-द्रव्यस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: a cause, and a substance. Read it from the end |
| pradeśa-śabdenā-bhidhānāt (प्रदेश-शब्देना-भिधानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a unit, śabdenā (शब्देना), and bhidhāna (भिधान). Read it from the end |
The phrases
kāraṇa-dravyasya (कारण-द्रव्यस्य) is a compound: a cause, and a substance. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
pradeśa-śabdenā-bhidhānāt (प्रदेश-शब्देना-भिधानात्) is a compound: a unit, śabdenā (शब्देना), and bhidhāna (भिधान). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pradeśa-śabdenā-bhidhānāt (प्रदेश-शब्देना-भिधानात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇa-dravyasya (कारण-द्रव्यस्य) and pradeśa-śabdenā-bhidhānāt (प्रदेश-शब्देना-भिधानात्).