2.2.30
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.30
न अन्यत्वे अपि अभ्यासस्य उपचारात्
na anyatve api abhyāsasya upacārāt
The line
Not in a compound: other, and the state of being that even, of practice, because of a figurative use.
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: na (न) + anya-tve (अन्य-त्वे) + api (अपि) + abhyāsasya (अभ्यासस्य) + upacārāt (उपचारात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anya-tve (अन्य-त्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| abhyāsasya (अभ्यासस्य) | genitive singular | practice |
| upacārāt (उपचारात्) | ablative singular | a figurative use |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anya-tve (अन्य-त्वे) is a compound: other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
abhyāsasya (अभ्यासस्य) is practice. It stands as genitive singular. upacārāt (उपचारात्) is a figurative use. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
abhyāsasya (अभ्यासस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anya-tve (अन्य-त्वे) and abhyāsasya (अभ्यासस्य).